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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 262

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1000 AM EDT Wed May 24 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  northern Georgia

  western North Carolina

  upstate South Carolina

  southeastern Tennessee



* Effective this Wednesday morning and evening from 1000 AM until

  600 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms now developing east northeast of the upper

Tennessee Valley will increase in coverage and intensity near and to

the east of the southern Appalachians through this afternoon.  This

may include a few supercells capable of producing tornadoes, and

increasing potential for damaging wind gusts as activity moves along

a warm front extending across the region.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

north and south of a line from 40 miles south southwest of Rome GA

to 35 miles northeast of Spartanburg SC. For a complete depiction of

the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU2).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for

tornadoes and 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 261...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean

storm motion vector 24035.



...Kerr

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