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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 114

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

245 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF EASTERN GEORGIA

       PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

       MUCH OF SOUTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM UNTIL

900 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 85

STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST

OF ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA TO 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH

SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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 113...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY

ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THRU THE AFTERNOON AS A STRONGLY UNSTABLE AIR

MASS NOW UNCAPPED REF 17Z CHS SOUNDING.  PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS STORMS DEVELOP UPSCALE INTO LINE

SEGMENTS.  ADDITIONALLY SUPERCELLS ARE POSSIBLE GIVEN THE FAVORABLE

DEEP LAYER SHEAR ENHANCING BOTH THE LARGE HAIL THREAT ALONG WITH

ISOLATED TORNADOES.



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 29025.





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