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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 315

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

240 PM EDT FRI MAY 29 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

       MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

       EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA

       PARTS OF SOUTHERN VIRGINIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 240 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 95

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM RICHMOND VIRGINIA TO

45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION

OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU5).



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 314...



DISCUSSION...CONDITIONS OVER A LARGE PART OF MID ATLANTIC STATES SWD

TO SERN GA HAVE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF

STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  WITH MLCAPES UP TO 2000 J/KG AND

25-30KT OF SHEAR...MULTICELLULAR CLUSTERS WILL FORM OVER HIGHER

TERRAIN AND MOVE EWD ALONG WITH STORMS FORMING VICINITY SEA BREEZE

FRONT.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH

STRONGEST STORMS/CLUSTERS AS THEY DEVELOP EWD THRU THE EVENING.



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 26025.





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