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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 796

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

725 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

       CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

       CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 725 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 95

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH

NORTHEAST OF NEW BERN NORTH CAROLINA TO 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST

OF AUGUSTA GEORGIA.  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 792...WW 793...WW

794...WW 795...



DISCUSSION...SCTD CLUSTERS OF STRONG TO LOCALLY SVR PULSE STORMS

EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH MID TO LATE EVENING AS OUTFLOW

BOUNDARIES FROM EXISTING STORMS OVER THE PIEDMONT MOVE MAINLY ESEWD

INTO ENVIRONMENT OF FAIRLY STEEP LOW LVL LAPSE RATES.



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 29025.





...CORFIDI

