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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 132
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Very Low Very Low

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   SEL2
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 132
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   240 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   
   * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     EASTERN GEORGIA
     SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA
     COASTAL WATERS
   
   * EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 240 PM UNTIL
     1000 PM EDT.
   
   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTH OF
   WAYCROSS GEORGIA TO 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH
   CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
   
   PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
   
   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 129...WW 130...WW 131...
   
   DISCUSSION...SVR THREAT...INITIALLY WITH WIDELY SCATTERED TO
   SCATTERED WARM-SECTOR CONVECTION THAN WITH ORGANIZED QLCS...IS FCST
   TO SPREAD EWD ACROSS THIS AREA THROUGH REMAINDER AFTN AND INTO
   EVENING...ENDING WITH COLD FROPA.  REF SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 534
   FOR FURTHER METEOROLOGICAL DETAILS ATTM.
   
   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 500. MEAN STORM MOTION
   VECTOR 23035.
   
   
   ...EDWARDS
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