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WW0101 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 101
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   820 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA
          THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
          WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND NORTHERN GEORGIA
          WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
          WESTERN AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 820 PM
   UNTIL 400 AM EDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 75 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
   HICKORY NORTH CAROLINA TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF PANAMA CITY
   FLORIDA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
   
   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 98...WW 99...WW 100...
   
   DISCUSSION...SSW-NNE SQLN NOW OVER ERN AL/NW GA EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
   EWD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NRN/CNTRL GA AND ACROSS THE WRN
   CAROLINAS THROUGH EARLY FRI...WITH SOME INCREASE IN SPEED POSSIBLE
   AS ASSOCIATED UPR TROUGH NOW OVER MS ACCELERATES NEWD. COMBINATION
   OF INCREASING ASCENT DOWNSTREAM FROM MS TROUGH...STRENGTHENING OF
   EXISTING STRONG WIND FIELD...AND FAIRLY RICH LOW-LVL MOISTURE INFLOW
   SUGGESTS A RISK FOR EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS/LEWPS/SMALL BOWS WITH DMGG
   WIND/ISOLD TORNADOES. STRONGER WIND FIELD AND LARGE SCALE ASCENT MAY
   COMPENSATE FOR SOMEWHAT DRIER LOW-LVL ENVIRONMENT AND THE LOSS OF
   DAYTIME HEATING TO MAINTAIN A RISK FOR A FEW SUPERCELLS AHEAD OF THE
   SQLN FROM CNTRL GA NNE INTO THE WRN CAROLINAS. THESE STORMS MAY POSE
   A RISK FOR LOCALLY DMGG WIND AND TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO SVR
   HAIL.
   WW 99 WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF THE SQLN IN E CNTRL AL.
   A SMALL PART OF THAT WW MAY REQUIRE LOCAL EXTENSION IN TIME TO
   ACCOUNT FOR A LINGERING RISK OF SVR WEATHER IN THAT REGION BEYOND
   THE WATCH'S SCHEDULED EXPIRATION AT 03Z.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23040.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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