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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 120
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
435 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
LARGE PART OF CENTRAL GEORGIA
PARTS OF SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA
MUCH OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 435 PM
UNTIL 100 AM EDT.
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE
MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF LA
GRANGE GEORGIA TO 35 MILES NORTH OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND 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...CONTINUE...WW 119...
DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OUTBREAK UNDERWAY AS POWERFUL 100KT
MID LEVEL JET AND ASSOCIATED VORT MOVE ACROSS SERN U.S. THIS
EVENING. TORNADIC SUPERCELLS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP EWD ACROSS
WATCH AREA THRU THE EVENING WITH POTENTIAL FOR LONG LIVED DAMAGING
TORNADOES ALONG AND S OF WARM FRONT WHICH EXTENDS ENEWD INTO SERN
NC.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.
...HALES
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