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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 245
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
737 AM EDT SAT MAY 3 1997

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 800 AM UNTIL 200
PM EDT.

HAIL TO 1 1/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FLORENCE SOUTH
CAROLINA TO 60 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF ROCKY MOUNT NORTH
CAROLINA.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION... CONTINUE...WW 242...WW 243...WW 244...

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.

DISCUSSION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED OVER THE CENTRAL
CAROLINAS ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF OUTFLOW ASSOCIATED WITH EARLIER
CONVECTION. THE STORMS ARE MOVING INTO AN INCREASINGLY MOIST AND
UNSTABLE AIR AIRMASS SUGGESTING ACTIVITY WILL INTENSIFY NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS. STRONG WINDS ALOFT ARE INDICATED BY VAD WIND
PROFILES AHEAD OF VIGOROUS UPPER TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. AN ADDITIONAL WATCH MAY BE NEEDED DURING THE
NEXT HOUR FROM PORTIONS OF GEORGIA INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SOUTH
CAROLINA.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1 1/2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 420. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 24050.

...WEISS

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