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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 324
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WW0324 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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   SEL4
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 324
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   220 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHERN ALABAMA
          NORTHERN GEORGIA
          SOUTHEAST INDIANA
          CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY
          EXTREME WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
          MIDDLE AND EASTERN TENNESSEE
          EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 220 PM UNTIL 900
   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 115
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST
   SOUTHWEST OF ROME GEORGIA TO 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
   LEXINGTON KENTUCKY.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE
   THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
   
   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 321...WW 322...WW 323...
   
   DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP OVER A
   LARGE AREA OF THE TN AND CENTRAL OH VALLEY.  STRONG DAYTIME HEATING
   AND AN APPROACHING MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE WILL SUPPORT CONTINUED
   DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.  MODERATELY
   STRONG MID LEVEL WINDS AND STEEP LAPSE RATES WILL PROMOTE A RISK OF
   HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN THE STRONGER CELLS.
   
   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 26030.
   
   
   ...HART
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