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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 247

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

750 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHERN ALABAMA

  SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 750 PM

  UNTIL 200 AM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST

OF EVERGREEN ALABAMA TO 30 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF MOULTRIE

GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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 240...WW 241...WW

242...WW 243...WW 244...WW 245...



DISCUSSION...AS COLD POOLS CONTINUE TO CONSOLIDATE/STRENGTHEN WITH

CONVECTION DEVELOPING SOUTHWARD INTO RESIDUALLY VERY WARM BOUNDARY

LAYER ACROSS THE REGION...POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS MAY

ACCOMPANY ACTIVITY THIS EVENING.



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 500. MEAN STORM MOTION

VECTOR 31020.





...KERR

