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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 242
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WW0242 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL2
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 242
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   240 PM EDT MON MAY 4 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHERN AND EASTERN GEORGIA
          SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
          MIDLANDS AND EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 240 PM UNTIL 800
   PM EDT.
   
   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 50
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST
   SOUTHWEST OF AUGUSTA GEORGIA TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
   WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA.  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.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 238...WW 239...WW
   240...WW 241...
   
   DISCUSSION...CLUSTER OF STORMS ACROSS EASTERN GA ASSOCIATED WITH
   REMNANT MCV APPEAR TO BE INCREASING WITHIN INSTABILITY GRADIENT
   ACROSS LOWER SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO MOVE
   INTO SC THIS AFTERNOON COINCIDENT WITH INCREASE IN DEEP-LAYER SHEAR
   SUFFICIENT FOR PERSISTENT UPDRAFTS. MEANWHILE...STORMS ALONG LEE
   TROUGH AND SEA BREEZE BOUNDARIES ACROSS SERN NC WILL POSE SOME
   THREAT OF HAIL/WIND EARLY BEFORE MOVING NEWD INTO WW 241.
   HOWEVER...IT APPEARS THAT UPSCALE DEVELOPMENT OF STORMS ACROSS SC
   MAY BEGIN TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF UPSTATE SC AND SERN NC LATE TODAY.
   
   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 450. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 26025.
   
   
   ...CARBIN
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