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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 260

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

110 PM EDT MON MAY 5 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

       EASTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 110 PM UNTIL 700

PM EDT.



HAIL TO 2 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 70

STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTHWEST OF

CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW BERN NORTH

CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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.



DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING OVER PARTS OF

SC/NC IN EXIT REGION OF UPPER JET AND IN MOIST/UNSTABLE AIR MASS.

ACTIVITY WILL INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON WITH A RISK OF HAIL AND

DAMAGING WINDS.  A FEW SUPERCELLS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 27025.





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