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Tornado Watch 294
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 294
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   210 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL GEORGIA
          SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 210 PM UNTIL
   900 PM EDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES 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 NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF LA GRANGE
   GEORGIA TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
   
   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 292...WW 293...
   
   DISCUSSION...INITIATION OF STORMS IS UNDERWAY...ROOTED WITHIN AN
   MODERATE TO STRONGLY UNSTABLE BOUNDARY LAYER WITH CAPE IN EXCESS OF
   2000 J/KG.  IN THE PRESENCE OF STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR...A FEW
   SUPERCELLS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON...PERHAPS GROWING UPSCALE INTO
   A LARGER STORM CLUSTER NEAR SOUTH ATLANTIC COASTAL AREAS LATE THIS
   AFTERNOON/EARLY THIS EVENING...AIDED BY WEAK IMPULSE ROUNDING FLAT
   SUBTROPICAL RIDGE.  DESPITE SOMEWHAT MARGINAL LOW-LEVEL
   HODOGRAPHS...THE BOUNDARY LAYER APPEARS SUPPORTIVE OF ISOLATED
   TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO THE RISK FOR LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WIND
   GUSTS.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 28035.
   
   
   ...KERR
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