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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 812
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   SEL2
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 812
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1030 AM CDT THU AUG 7 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA
          NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
          EXTREME WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
          EXTREME WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
          FAR SRN MIDDLE AND ERN TENNESSEE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1030 AM UNTIL
   500 PM CDT.
   
   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 60
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTHWEST
   OF HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA TO 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF ANDERSON
   SOUTH 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.
   
   DISCUSSION...CLUSTER OF STORMS MOVING ESEWD ACROSS SRN TN/FAR NWRN
   AL ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE INTO A WARMING AND
   DESTABILIZING AIR MASS. POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF A COLD POOL AND MID
   LEVEL WLY WINDS INCREASING TO 30 KT SUGGESTS THAT WIND DAMAGE WILL
   BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. ALSO...OTHER STORMS WITH SEVERE HAIL/WINDS
   ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES
   SLOWLY SWD INTO THE REGION.
   
   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 550. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 29025.
   
   
   ...IMY
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