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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 110

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

845 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

       SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

       CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 845 PM

UNTIL 200 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 60

STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST

OF MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAVANNAH

GEORGIA.  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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 106. WATCH NUMBER 106 WILL NOT

BE IN EFFECT AFTER 845 PM EDT. CONTINUE...WW 108...WW 109...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS...POSSIBLY INCLUDING SPORADIC

SUPERCELLS/SUSTAINED STORMS...EXPECTED TO PERSIST AND POSSIBLY

INCREASE AS W EDGE OF RICH MOISTURE AXIS IS GRAZED BY ASCENT

ASSOCIATED WITH VORT LOBE NOW ROUNDING BASE OF SRN APPALACHIANS UPR

LOW.  MODERATE...LARGELY UNIDIRECTIONAL DEEP WSWLY SHEAR AND

RELATIVELY STEEP MID LVL LAPSE RATES SWEEPING ENE FROM GA SUGGEST

POTENTIAL FOR SVR HAIL...LOCALLY DMGG WIND AND POSSIBLY A BRIEF

TORNADO AS THE STORMS ORGANIZE INTO SHORT BANDS/SMALL CLUSTERS

THROUGH LATER TNGT.



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 450. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 25030.





...CORFIDI

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