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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 481

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

735 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN GEORGIA

       LARGE PART OF CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT FROM 735 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT 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 55

STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES EAST NORTHEAST

OF COLUMBIA SOUTH CAROLINA TO 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF MACON

GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 478...WW 479...WW 480...



DISCUSSION...LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ESEWD

ACROSS WRN SC TO NRN GA.  WITH STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND 40KT

SHEAR...POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS WILL PERSIST UNTIL LATE EVENING

ACROSS THE WATCH.



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 28035.





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