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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 482

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

925 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

       LARGE PART OF COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 925 PM

UNTIL 100 AM 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 45

STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF

CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA TO 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF SAVANNAH

GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 480...WW 481...



DISCUSSION...ORGANIZED LINE OF STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE

RAPIDLY SEWD ACROSS CENTRAL SC. ALTHOUGH GRADUAL COOLING OF SURFACE

EXPECTED TO SLOWLY WEAKEN THE LINE...THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS

EXPECTED TO REACH THE COAST.



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 31035.





...HALES

