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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 236
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
730 PM EDT SUN MAY 3 2009
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST GEORGIA
UPSTATE AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT FROM 730 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.
HAIL TO 1 INCH 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 45
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF GREENVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA TO 70 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHEAST OF ANDERSON SOUTH CAROLINA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION
OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU6).
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 235...
DISCUSSION...BOWING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A
RISK OF LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS FOR ANOTHER FEW HOURS AS THEY TRACK
INTO SC. SATELLITE...RADAR...AND LIGHTNING DATA SUGGEST LINE IS
DECREASING IN INTENSITY. HOWEVER...STRONG WINDS ALOFT AND MESOSCALE
ORGANIZATION OF SYSTEM WILL MAINTAIN RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR
AWHILE LONGER.
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.
A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400. MEAN STORM MOTION
VECTOR 25035.
...HART
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