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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 427

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

825 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL ALABAMA

  CENTRAL GEORGIA

  WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 825 PM

  UNTIL 200 AM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75

    MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...LENGTHY COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF

PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE WILL MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD INTO A CORRIDOR OF

FAVORABLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS THE NEW WATCH AREA.

DAMAGING GUSTS WILL REMAIN THE PRIMARY CONCERN BEFORE THE ACTIVITY

WEAKENS LATE THIS EVENING.  SEE SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1421 FOR

METEOROLOGICAL DETAILS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST

OF TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AUGUSTA GEORGIA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 423...WW 424...WW

425...WW 426...



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

TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS.

A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION

VECTOR 33035.





...EDWARDS

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