Severe Weather Watch Notice

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 795
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
450 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2008

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

NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON FROM 450 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

HAIL TO 1.5 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 200
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ANNISTON ALABAMA TO 65 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROME GEORGIA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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 791...WW 792...WW
793...WW 794...

DISCUSSION...STRONG TO SVR PULSE STORMS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH
THE EVENING IN ZONE OF MODEST DEEP CONVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH WIND
SHIFT AXIS MOVING S ACROSS REGION IN CONJUNCTION WITH AMPLIFYING
NERN U.S. TROUGH. DEGREE OF SFC-BASED INSTABILITY/STEEP LOW-LVL
LAPSE RATES ...AND POTENTIAL FOR UPSCALE DEVELOPMENT AS COLD POOLS
MERGE AND SETTLE SWD...SUGGEST SUFFICIENT COVERAGE/DURATION OF
OVERALL SVR THREAT TO WARRANT A WATCH.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 35025.

...CORFIDIWWWW

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