ABC 33/40 EWARN: Severe Weather Watch Notice

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 366
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
120 PM EDT SAT MAY 20 2006

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA
NORTHERN GEORGIA
SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTHERN MIDDLE INTO SOUTHEASTERN TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 120 PM UNTIL
900 PM 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 55
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 85 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE TO 15 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF
SPARTANBURG SOUTH 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.

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AND BECOME SEVERE IN
THE NEXT HOUR OR SO OVER PORTIONS OF SERN TN INTO THE SRN
APPALACHIANS. ACTIVITY WILL THEN SPREAD STEADILY SEWD THROUGH THE
EARLY TO MID EVENING AS AIR MASS BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE AND
WEAKLY CAPPED. SHEAR WILL REMAIN SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELLS AND
ORGANIZED LINES WITH PRIMARY SEVERE THREATS OF LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.

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 29025.

...EVANS

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