Severe Thunderstorm Watch

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.