WATCHES: Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 2

WWUS20 KWNS 111430
SEL2
SPC WW 111430
GAZ000-NCZ000-SCZ000-112000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 2
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
930 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
FAR NORTHEAST GEORGIA
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA

* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 930 AM UNTIL
300 PM EST.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 85 MILES SOUTH OF
GREENVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA TO 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHARLOTTE
NORTH CAROLINA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 1...

DISCUSSION...A BOWING LINE SEGMENT MOVING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS WILL INTENSIFY THIS MORNING AS IT ENCOUNTERS AN
INCREASINGLY WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS OVER THE PIEDMONT. WHILE A
BRIEF TORNADO IS POSSIBLE...DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY
HAZARD.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 26040.


...MEAD

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