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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 526

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

315 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHERN GEORGIA

       SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA

       MUCH OF SOUTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 315 PM UNTIL

1100 PM 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 85

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

NORTHWEST OF ATLANTA GEORGIA TO 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

JACKSONVILLE NORTH CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE

WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 525...



DISCUSSION...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO INTENSIFY

ACROSS PARTS OF THE CAROLINAS AND NORTH GA...IN AXIS OF VERY

HOT/HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS.  COVERAGE OF STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE

TO INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH A RISK OF LOCALLY

SEVERE STORMS.  DOWNBURST WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREAT...ALTHOUGH

STRONGER CORES COULD ALSO PRODUCE HAIL.



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 31030.





...HART

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