WATCHES: Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 324

WWUS20 KWNS 221817
SEL4
SPC WW 221817
ALZ000-GAZ000-INZ000-KYZ000-NCZ000-TNZ000-VAZ000-230100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 324
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
220 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

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

NORTHERN ALABAMA
NORTHERN GEORGIA
SOUTHEAST INDIANA
CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY
EXTREME WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
MIDDLE AND EASTERN TENNESSEE
EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 220 PM UNTIL 900
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 115
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST
SOUTHWEST OF ROME GEORGIA TO 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
LEXINGTON KENTUCKY. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE
THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

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 321...WW 322...WW 323...

DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP OVER A
LARGE AREA OF THE TN AND CENTRAL OH VALLEY. STRONG DAYTIME HEATING
AND AN APPROACHING MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE WILL SUPPORT CONTINUED
DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. MODERATELY
STRONG MID LEVEL WINDS AND STEEP LAPSE RATES WILL PROMOTE A RISK OF
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN THE STRONGER CELLS.

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 26030.

...HART

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