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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 2

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

930 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  FAR NORTHEAST GEORGIA

  WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 930 AM UNTIL

  300 PM EST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 85 MILES SOUTH OF

GREENVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA TO 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHARLOTTE

NORTH 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 1...



DISCUSSION...A BOWING LINE SEGMENT MOVING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN

APPALACHIANS WILL INTENSIFY THIS MORNING AS IT ENCOUNTERS AN

INCREASINGLY WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS OVER THE PIEDMONT.  WHILE A

BRIEF TORNADO IS POSSIBLE...DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY

HAZARD.



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

TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

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

MOTION VECTOR 26040.





...MEAD

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