BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 113
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1209 AM EST FRI MAR 20 1998

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

   EASTERN ALABAMA                            
   EASTERN TENNESSEE                          
   NORTHERN AND WESTERN GEORGIA                            
   WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA                     

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING FROM 1245 AM UNTIL 600 AM EST.

HAIL TO 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 70 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AUBURN ALABAMA
TO 55 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE.

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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 112.  WATCH NUMBER 112 WILL NOT BE
IN EFFECT AFTER 45 AM EST.

DISCUSSION...SQUALL LINE WITH EMBEDDED BOW ECHOES AHEAD OF STRONG
UPPER TROF MOVING EWD ACROSS ERN TN SSWWD INTO CENTRAL AL.  WITH
STRONG MAINLY UNIDIRECTIONAL WIND FIELDS AND ADEQUATE
MOISTURE/INSTABILITY CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR DAMAGING WINDS
WITH THE SQUALL LINE.


AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 23040.


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