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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 568
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   620 PM EDT MON JUL 5 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY
          WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
          NORTHWESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
          NORTHEASTERN TENNESSEE
          SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY EVENING FROM 620 PM UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.
   
   HAIL TO 1 INCH 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
   NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST OF HOT SPRINGS NORTH
   CAROLINA TO 25 MILES EAST OF HICKORY NORTH CAROLINA.
   
   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 563...WW 564...WW 565...WW
   566...WW 567...
   
   DISCUSSION...SEVERE MCS NOW OVER PORTIONS ERN KY/NERN TN SHOULD MOVE
   SEWD ACROSS SRN APPALACHIANS...INTO FAVORABLY MOIST/UNSTABLE
   PRE-STORM BOUNDARY LAYER.  POTENTIAL FOR COLD POOL GENERATION AND
   RESULTANT FORWARD PROPAGATION INTO THIS UNSTABLE AIR MASS SUGGESTS
   DAMAGING GUST POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.
   A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION
   VECTOR 31030.
   
   
   ...EDWARDS/evans