WATCHES: Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 526

WWUS20 KWNS 271916
SEL6
SPC WW 271916
GAZ000-NCZ000-SCZ000-CWZ000-280300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 526
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
315 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2009

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

NORTHERN GEORGIA
SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA
MUCH OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 315 PM UNTIL
1100 PM EDT.

HAIL TO 1.5 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 85
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH
NORTHWEST OF ATLANTA GEORGIA TO 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
JACKSONVILLE NORTH 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 525...

DISCUSSION...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO INTENSIFY
ACROSS PARTS OF THE CAROLINAS AND NORTH GA...IN AXIS OF VERY
HOT/HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS. COVERAGE OF STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE
TO INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH A RISK OF LOCALLY
SEVERE STORMS. DOWNBURST WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREAT...ALTHOUGH
STRONGER CORES COULD ALSO PRODUCE HAIL.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 31030.

...HART

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