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The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstoorm Watch for the area.

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Severe Thunderstorm Watch
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 206
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
340 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 206 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

NCC011-021-023-027-045-075-087-089-099-111-113-115-121-149-161-
173-175-199-191500-
/O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0206.060419T0740Z-060419T1500Z/

NC
. NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

AVERY BUNCOMBE BURKE
CALDWELL CLEVELAND GRAHAM
HAYWOOD HENDERSON JACKSON
MACON MADISON MCDOWELL
MITCHELL POLK RUTHERFORD
SWAIN TRANSYLVANIA YANCEY
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Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
327 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006

NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-190930-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE
327 AM EDT WED APR 19 2006

THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL NEARING THE NORTH
CAROLINA MOUNTAINS

AT 320 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED AN AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST TENNESSEE. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE
LINE WAS ABOUT OVER MORRISTOWN TENNESSEE AND THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED WELL BACK INTO CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH...AND AT THEIR PRESENT RATE OF MOVEMENT...THEY
SHOULD BEGIN TO AFFECT AREAS ROUGHLY BETWEEN INTERSTATE 40 AND
INTERSTATE 26 BY 4 AM.

SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE...DAMAGING
HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUDY TO GROUND LIGHTNING. ISOLATED DAMAGING
WIND IS ALSO POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM THE STORMS WILL MOVE FARTHER INTO THE NORTH
CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...LIKELY AFFECTING AREAS FROM SYLVA TO
WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE AND BURNSVILLE.

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MCAVOY



Severe Thunderstorm Watch in WNC