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   SEL4
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 4
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   540 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          MUCH OF NORTHERN GEORGIA
          PARTS OF SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
          PARTS OF WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 540 PM UNTIL
   1100 PM EST.
   
   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 45 STATUTE
   MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
   ROME GEORGIA TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA. 
   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 3...
   
   DISCUSSION...SURFACE LOW ON FRONT NWRN GA ENHANCING SHEAR WITH
   RAPIDLY MOVING SUPERCELLS DEVELOPING ALONG/AHEAD OF COLD FRONT. 
   ALTHOUGH AIR MASS ONLY MARGINALLY UNSTABLE...SHEAR AND HIGH PW/S
   SUPPORT ROTATING UPDRAFTS/SUPERCELLS AND THREAT OF TORNADOES AS
   SYSTEM CONTINUES EWD.
   
   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 450.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.
   
   
   ...HALES
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