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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 346

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

500 PM EST SUN JUN 3 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 500 PM UNTIL

1000 PM EST.



HAIL TO 1 INCH 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 65

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF

LA GRANGE GEORGIA TO 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS 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 344...WW 345...



DISCUSSION...SMALL MCS WITH LOCALLY DMGG WIND NOW NEAR BHM EXPECTED

TO CONTINUE MAINLY ESEWD THROUGH LATER THIS EVE.  A SLIGHT TURN TO

THE RIGHT /SEWD/ MAY OCCUR WITH TIME IN RESPONSE TO PREFERRED STORM

PROPAGATION ON SRN FLANK OF SYSTEM.  THE MCS APPEARS TO BE SUPPORTED

BY REMNANT MCV FROM LAST NIGHT'S MCS OVER THE SRN PLNS.  COUPLED

WITH WLY LOW TO MID LVL INFLOW OF FAIRLY STEEP MID LVL LAPSE RATES

AND INCREASING MOISTURE...SYSTEM MAY CONTINUE TO POSE A SPORADIC

THREAT FOR DMGG WIND/MARGINALLY SVR HAIL.



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 29035.





...CORFIDI

