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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 130

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1150 PM EDT Wed Apr 5 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Eastern and south-central Georgia

  Southwest North Carolina

  Western and central South Carolina



* Effective this Wednesday night and Thursday morning from 1150

  PM until 700 AM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Mostly semi-linear storms should continue to increase,

organize, and accelerate northeastward from parts of Georgia into

South Carolina and southern North Carolina. Bouts of damaging winds,

severe hail and possibly a tornado or two may occur overnight.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles north of Macon

GA to 30 miles south of Charlotte NC. 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 129...



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

24035.



...Guyer

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