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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 469
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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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   SEL9
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 469
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   625 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
          SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT FROM 625 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT 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 80
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST
   SOUTHWEST OF MACON GEORGIA TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON
   SOUTH CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
   
   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 463...WW 464...WW
   465...WW 466...WW 467...WW 468...
   
   DISCUSSION...A THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS SEWD
   ACROSS SC WITH RENEWED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED ALONG THE
   LEADING EDGE OF THE COLD POOL.  FARTHER W...MORE SCATTERED STORMS
   HAVE FORMED IN THE HOT/UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT ACROSS CENTRAL GA.  VERY
   WARM SURFACE TEMPERATURES AND DEW POINTS IN THE 70S IN ADVANCE OF
   THIS CONVECTION WILL HELP MAINTAIN MODERATE-STRONG INSTABILITY
   THROUGH THE EVENING AND INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS...WHILE
   MODEST NNWLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SOME ORGANIZATION OF THE
   STORM CLUSTERS.  DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY
   SEVERE THREATS.
   
   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 550. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 34025.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON
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