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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 217
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   940 AM EDT SAT APR 30 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
          MUCH OF SOUTH CAROLINA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 940 AM UNTIL
   400 PM EDT.
   
   HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
   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 15 MILES SOUTH OF AUGUSTA
   GEORGIA TO 30 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA.  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 214...WW 215...WW 216...
   
   DISCUSSION...SQUALL LINE MOVING RAPIDLY EWD/NEWD ACROSS GA/WRN SC
   EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND DEVELOP NEWD INTO CAROLINAS.  WITH VERY
   STRONG SHEAR AND INCREASING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY FEEDING INLAND
   FROM GULF STREAM...DAMAGING WIND THREAT EXPECTED TO INCREASE AS LINE
   MOVES THRU THE WATCH.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 24040.
   
   
   ...HALES