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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 195

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

535 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EASTERN GEORGIA

       SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA

       NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM 535 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.



HAIL TO 1.5 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 50

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST

SOUTHWEST OF ANDERSON SOUTH CAROLINA TO 5 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA.  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 194...



DISCUSSION...SCTD TSTMS EXPECTED TO PERSIST ALONG AND S OF WEAK W-E

FRONT OVER UPSTATE SC/FAR SRN NC.  OTHER STORMS MAY FORM LATER THIS

EVE NEAR SEA BREEZE BOUNDARIES AND ALONG BACK-DOOR BOUNDARY MOVING

SW ACROSS FAR ERN NC.  30-40 KT UNIDIRECTIONAL 700-500 MB FLOW

PARALLEL TO MAIN FRONT...FAIRLY STEEP LOW TO MID LVL LAPSE

RATES...AND COLLOCATION OF THE ABOVE WITH LOW LVL MOIST AXIS SUGGEST

POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED MULTICELLS OR WEAK SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF SVR

HAIL AND POSSIBLY LOCALLY DMGG WIND THROUGH MID TO LATE EVE.



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

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 29035.





...CORFIDI

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