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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 42
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   125 PM EST SAT MAR 5 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN GEORGIA
          SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
          MUCH OF SOUTH CAROLINA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 125 PM UNTIL
   700 PM EST.
   
   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 140
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF
   FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA.
    FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
   
   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...TSTMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ALONG THE MOUNTAINS AND
   WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE AS THEY MOVE INTO THE LOWLANDS THIS
   AFTERNOON.  STEEP LAPSE RATES AND STRONG WLY UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW
   REGIME WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIZED TSTMS/BOWS
   THAT WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.
   
   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 400. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 28045.
   
   
   ...HART/RACY