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Tornado Watch 250
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WW0250 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Moderate
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Low

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   SEL0
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 250
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   430 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
          CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
          CENTRAL AND PARTS OF EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 430 AM UNTIL NOON EDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 65 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
   VIDALIA GEORGIA TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROANOKE RAPIDS 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
   WATCH NUMBER 248. WATCH NUMBER 248 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
   430 AM EDT. CONTINUE...WW 246...WW 247...WW 249...
   
   DISCUSSION...BROKEN PRE-FRONTAL CONVECTIVE BAND WILL CONTINUE TO
   MOVE EWD THROUGH THE MORNING AS INDIVIDUAL CELLS MOVE QUICKLY NEWD
   ALONG THE LINE.  AN INFLUX OF NEAR 70 F SURFACE DEWPOINTS WILL
   RESULT IN SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY TO MAINTAIN THE STORMS THROUGH THE
   MORNING...WHILE DEEP-LAYER AND LOW-LEVEL SHEAR WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE
   FOR EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS/BOWS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND
   A FEW TORNADOES.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON
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