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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 629
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1040 AM EDT WED JUL 14 2004
   
   CORRECTED FOR REMOVAL OF CW
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
     NORTHEAST GEORGIA
     WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
     CENTRAL AND WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1040 AM UNTIL
   500 PM EDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES
   EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF ASHEVILLE NORTH
   CAROLINA TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBIA SOUTH CAROLINA.
   
   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...OVERNIGHT MCS NOW CROSSING SRN APPALACHIANS WILL
   RAPIDLY REINTENSIFY AS IT ENCOUNTERS THE VERY MOIST/UNSTABLE AIRMASS
   ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. WITH 35-40KT OF MID LEVEL FLOW...WIND DAMAGE
   POTENTIAL EXPECTED TO INCREASE RAPIDLY AS STORMS MOVE INTO LOWER
   ELEVATIONS E OF MOUNTAINS.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 31035.
   
   
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