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Saturday, June 30, 2007

ABC 33/40 EWARN: Severe Weather Watch Notice

From ABC 33/40 E-Warn :

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SPC WW 301848
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 466
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
150 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007

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

SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
PARTS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA
SOUTH CAROLINA
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 150 PM UNTIL
700 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 80
STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST
OF MARIANNA FLORIDA TO 70 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA 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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 465...

DISCUSSION...TSTMS FORMING IN STEEP LOW LVL LAPSE RATE AXIS WITH
WEAK SHEAR/HI PWS WILL HAVE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WET MICROBURSTS AND
POSSIBLY MARGINALLY SVR HAIL THROUGH EARLY EVENING. ACTIVITY IN SC
MAY HAVE A GREATER TENDENCY TO ORGANIZE INTO ONE OR TWO SE-MOVING
BANDS GIVEN TERRAIN FORCING AND SLIGHTLY STRONGER WNW MID LVL FLOW.

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 550. MEAN STORM MOTION
VECTOR 31015.


...CORFIDI

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