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Tuesday, August 29, 2006

ABC 33/40 EWARN: Severe Weather Watch Notice

From ABC 33/40 E-Warn :

WWUS20 KWNS 291852
SEL7
SPC WW 291852
ALZ000-GAZ000-NCZ000-TNZ000-300200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 757
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
155 PM CDT TUE AUG 29 2006

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

NORTHERN ALABAMA
NORTHERN GEORGIA
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
MIDDLE AND EAST TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 155 PM UNTIL
900 PM CDT.

HAIL TO 1 INCH 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 95
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE TO 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF ROME GEORGIA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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 756...

DISCUSSION...MCS OVER NW AL EXPECTED TO MOVE GENERALLY ENE.
EMBEDDED STRONGER STORMS MAY DEVELOP SMALL SCALE BOWS WITH HIGH WIND
AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL GIVEN MODERATE UNIDIRECTIONAL WLY UPSLOPE
FLOW AND HI PW/HEATED LOW LEVEL DOWNSTREAM ENVIRONMENT.

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 26030.

...CORFIDI
WWWW

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