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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 315
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WW0315 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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   SEL5
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 315
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   240 PM EDT FRI MAY 29 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          PARTS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
          MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
          EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
          PARTS OF SOUTHERN VIRGINIA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 240 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM EDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 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 95
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM RICHMOND VIRGINIA TO
   45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION
   OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS
   WOU5).
   
   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 314...
   
   DISCUSSION...CONDITIONS OVER A LARGE PART OF MID ATLANTIC STATES SWD
   TO SERN GA HAVE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF
   STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  WITH MLCAPES UP TO 2000 J/KG AND
   25-30KT OF SHEAR...MULTICELLULAR CLUSTERS WILL FORM OVER HIGHER
   TERRAIN AND MOVE EWD ALONG WITH STORMS FORMING VICINITY SEA BREEZE
   FRONT.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH
   STRONGEST STORMS/CLUSTERS AS THEY DEVELOP EWD THRU THE EVENING.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 26025.
   
   
   ...HALES
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