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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 100
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   625 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN GEORGIA
          SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
          CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 625 PM
   UNTIL 200 AM 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 70 STATUTE
   MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
   AUGUSTA GEORGIA TO 5 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF WILMINGTON 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...CONTINUE...WW 96...WW 97...WW 98...WW
   99...
   
   DISCUSSION...VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR WILL PERSIST ATOP MID 60F
   SURFACE DEW POINTS ACROSS SC THIS EVENING AHEAD OF STRONG MID/UPPER
   LEVEL TROUGH LIFTING OVER THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS.  APPEARS MLCAPE
   WILL REMAIN QUITE MARGINAL...HOWEVER IT SHOULD STILL SUFFICE FOR
   STRONGER STORMS AND THE THREAT OF TORNADOES/DAMAGING WINDS AHEAD OF
   SURFACE COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE SC COAST LATE TONIGHT.
   
   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 24040.
   
   
   ...EVANS
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