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Tornado Watch 759
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SEL9
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
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