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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 276

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

325 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WESTERN AND NORTHERN GEORGIA

  FAR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  FAR NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA

  EASTERN TENNESSEE

  FAR WESTERN VIRGINIA



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 325 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH

SOUTHEAST OF LA GRANGE GEORGIA TO 45 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

BRISTOL TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 273...WW 274...WW 275...



DISCUSSION...AN INTENSIFYING N-S-ORIENTED SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED TO

PROGRESS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING.

DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD WITH THESE STORMS.



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

TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.

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

VECTOR 24030.





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