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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 385

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

510 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       FAR NORTHEAST GEORGIA

       WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

       NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA

       EASTERN TENNESSEE

       FAR WESTERN VIRGINIA



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON FROM 510 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT 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 75

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

BRISTOL TENNESSEE TO 60 MILES SOUTH OF KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE.  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 379...WW 380...WW

381...WW 382...WW 383...WW 384...



DISCUSSION...ONGOING TSTMS /INCLUDING SUPERCELLS/ ARE EXPECTED TO

PERSIST FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND

GUSTS BEING THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.



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 24030.





...MEAD

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