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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 132

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

240 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN GEORGIA

  SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 240 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

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

WAYCROSS GEORGIA TO 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH

CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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...WW 130...WW 131...



DISCUSSION...SVR THREAT...INITIALLY WITH WIDELY SCATTERED TO

SCATTERED WARM-SECTOR CONVECTION THAN WITH ORGANIZED QLCS...IS FCST

TO SPREAD EWD ACROSS THIS AREA THROUGH REMAINDER AFTN AND INTO

EVENING...ENDING WITH COLD FROPA.  REF SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 534

FOR FURTHER METEOROLOGICAL DETAILS ATTM.



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

TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.

A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION

VECTOR 23035.





...EDWARDS

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