WATCHES: Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 388

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 388
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
225 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN GEORGIA
MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 225 PM UNTIL
1000 PM EDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90
STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES EAST OF
GREENSBORO NORTH CAROLINA TO 5 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF LA GRANGE
GEORGIA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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 384...WW 385...WW
386...WW 387...

DISCUSSION...WELL DEFINED VORT MAX/MID LEVEL COLD POOL DROPPING SWD
THRU WRN CAROLINAS. AIR MASS E OF APPALACHIANS DESTABILIZING AND
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BECOME COMMON ACROSS MUCH OF WATCH AREA BY
LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WITH LOW FREEZING LEVELS AND 20-30 KTS OF
SHEAR...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING DOWNBURSTS WINDS WILL BECOME MORE
LIKELY IN STRONGER STORMS NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 01020.

..HALES

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