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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 759
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   835 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          FAR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
          WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
          CENTRAL AND WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 835 AM UNTIL 400
   PM EDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
   TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES
   EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF HICKORY NORTH
   CAROLINA TO 45 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF AUGUSTA GEORGIA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
   
   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 758...
   
   DISCUSSION...REGION REMAINS ON PERIPHERY OF STRONGER SHEAR
   ASSOCIATED WITH KATRINA.  HOWEVER...AREA VWP/S SUGGEST LOW AND DEEP
   LAYER SHEAR REMAINS QUITE STRONG...ESPECIALLY INTO WRN SC WHERE 0-1
   KM SRH IS IN EXCESS OF 200 M2/S2 AT GSP.  IN ADDITION...THIS AREA
   WILL UNDERGO MODEST HEATING WITHIN A VERY MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER. 
   COMBINATION OF MODERATE INSTABILITY AND ENHANCED LOW LEVEL SHEAR
   SUGGESTS THREAT FOR SUPERCELLS AND TORNADOES WILL INCREASE THROUGH
   THE MORNING AND CONTINUE WELL INTO THE AFTERNOON.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
   GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22035.
   
   
   ...EVANS