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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 441

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

330 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTH AND EAST GEORGIA

       PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

       MUCH OF WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 330 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 75

STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST OF ATHENS

GEORGIA TO 70 MILES NORTH OF FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 439...WW 440...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER AND WEST OF SRN

APPALACHIANS AND WITH A MOIST AND INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS

POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE WATCH FROM THE

NORTHWEST.  AS STORMS EVOLVE INTO SHORT LINES AND

CLUSTERS...DAMAGING WINDS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY A THREAT.



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 31025.





...HALES

