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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 99
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   425 PM EST SUN MAR 27 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
          MIDDLE AND EASTERN TENNESSEE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 425 PM UNTIL 1100
   PM EST.
   
   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 55
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES WEST
   SOUTHWEST OF NASHVILLE TENNESSEE TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF
   ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH
   SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
   
   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 97...WW 98...
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AND INTENSIFY
   INTO WATCH AREA AS SURFACE LOW OVER WRN AL MOVES NWD AND DEEPENS. 
   SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR FOR A SUPERCELL THREAT. 
   PRIMARY CONCERN WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING
   WINDS...PARTICULARLY ASSOCIATED WITH SUPERCELLS.
   
   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 24035.
   
   
   ...HALES