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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 140

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

250 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

  CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 250 PM UNTIL

  900 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED THIS

AFTERNOON FROM EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE INTO CENTRAL NORTH

CAROLINA...AS WELL AS SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.  THE

STORM ENVIRONMENT WILL GRADUALLY BECOME MORE FAVORABLE FOR

SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING

GUSTS...ALONG WITH SOME CELL MERGERS AND LINE SEGMENT DEVELOPMENT

LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS STORMS SPREAD EASTWARD.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90

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

NORTHWEST OF RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA TO 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

COLUMBIA SOUTH CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH

SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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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 28030.





...THOMPSON

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