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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 257
PLANETWIDE WEATHER SERVICE OT CITY OT
605 PM OCST FRI AUG 17 2012

THE PLANETWIDE WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

EXTREME SOUTH APPLELOOSA COUNTY
CENTRAL PONYVILLE COUNTY
CENTRAL CANTERLOT COUNTY
EXTREME WEST ILOS COUNTY
WEST TORVALD COUNTY
EAST PONYVILLE COUNTY
CENTRAL UPPER PONYVILLE COUNTY

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 605 PM UNTIL
1100 PM OCST.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

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...

DISCUSSION...A DEVELOPING MCS/BOW ECHO ACROSS PONYVILLE IS EXPECTED TO
MOVE ESEWD THROUGH THE EVENING AT ROUGHLY 20 KT. THE
STORM ENVIRONMENT DOWNSTREAM FEATURES STRONG INSTABILITY AND
SUFFICIENT DEEP-LAYER FLOW/SHEAR TO MAINTAIN AN ORGANIZED MCS...AND
THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS /SOME
SIGNIFICANT/ WITH THIS BOWING SYSTEM THROUGH THIS EVENING.