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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 393

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

230 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       MUCH OF EASTERN GEORGIA

       PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA

       SOUTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL

1000 PM 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 125

STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST

OF FAYETTEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA TO 55 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

VIDALIA GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 391...WW 392...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY

ACROSS THE WATCH THRU REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.  WITH STEEP LOW

LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND 20-25 KT OF SHEAR...LARGE HAIL WILL BE

ASSOCIATED WITH STRONGEST STORMS.  STORMS EXPECTED TO EVOLVE INTO

CLUSTERS DURING AFTERNOON ENHANCING WIND DAMAGE POTENTIAL.



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 01015.





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