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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 514

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

325 PM EST WED NOV 30 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN GEORGIA

  UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 325 PM

  UNTIL 800 PM EST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...A BAND OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS IN GEORGIA WILL PERSIST AND

SPREAD EASTWARD INTO SOUTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING.  PRIOR TO EXPECTED

WEAKENING OF THE STORMS LATE EVENING...THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A

RISK FOR ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS WITH EMBEDDED BOWING SEGMENTS.

ALSO...A BRIEF TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT WITH EMBEDDED CIRCULATIONS

IN THE LINE.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST

OF SPARTANBURG SC TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF MACON GA. FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 513...



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

0.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A

FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR

25045.



...THOMPSON

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