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Tornado Watch 36
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WW0036 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Very Low

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   SEL6
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 36
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   920 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHEAST GEORGIA
          WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
          UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
          FAR EASTERN TENNESSEE
          SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
          FAR SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 920 AM UNTIL 400
   PM EST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 80 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 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
   ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA TO 35 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF LYNCHBURG
   VIRGINIA.  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 35...
   
   DISCUSSION...TSTMS NOW FORMING AHEAD ON ACCELERATING COLD FRONT
   EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN WITH DAYTIME HEATING.  COUPLED WITH CONTINUED
   INFLOW OF LOW LVL MOISTURE...ESPECIALLY IN WRN NC AND S CNTRL
   VA...AND INTENSIFYING LOW TO MID LVL WIND FIELD ASSOCIATED WITH
   AMPLIFYING IL UPR TROUGH...SETUP COULD SUPPORT BANDS/SHORT LINES OF
   SUSTAINED STORMS/SUPERCELLS WITH AN ATTENDANT RISK FOR NARROW SWATHS
   OF DMGG WIND AND ISOLD TORNADOES.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26055.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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