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Tornado Watch 66
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WW0066 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Low

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   SEL6
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 66
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   430 PM EDT THU APR 8 2010
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN GEORGIA
          SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
          WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 430 PM UNTIL
   1100 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 80 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
   SPARTANBURG SOUTH CAROLINA TO 55 MILES SOUTH OF MACON GEORGIA. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
   
   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 65...
   
   DISCUSSION...STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE DEVELOPING ALONG AND AHEAD
   OF EWD ADVANCING COLD FRONT INTO THE EVENING. MLCAPE FROM 500 TO
   1000 J/KG AND 0-6 KM SHEAR OF 40-50 KT WILL SUPPORT POTENTIAL FOR
   LEWPS AND SUPERCELLS WITH DEVELOPING STORMS. IN ADDITION 0-1 KM
   STORM RELATIVE HELICITY OF 200-250 M2/S2 WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A THREAT
   OF LOW LEVEL MESOCYCLONES AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.
   
   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 400.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
   
   
   ...DIAL
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