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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 792

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1200 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM NOON UNTIL 800

PM EDT.



HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF

GREENSBORO NORTH CAROLINA TO 35 MILES WEST OF SOUTHERN PINES

NORTH CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 791...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS OVER SW VA ARE EXPECTED TO EXPAND AND INTENSIFY

AS MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH ROTATING ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC

STATES BRUSHES ACROSS THE REGION.  LARGELY UNIDIRECTIONAL DEEP WNW

FLOW REGIME WILL INTENSIFY ACROSS CNTRL/WRN NC THROUGH THE

AFTERNOON...FAVORING EVOLUTION INTO SMALL SCALE BOWS AND LEWPS.

GIVEN THE STEEP LOW-LVL LAPSE RATES...DMGG WIND GUSTS WILL BE

LIKELY.



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

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 30040.





...RACY/CARBIN

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