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Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) Tornado Watch 120
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 120
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   435 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          LARGE PART OF CENTRAL GEORGIA
          PARTS OF SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA
          MUCH OF SOUTH CAROLINA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 435 PM
   UNTIL 100 AM EDT.
   
   ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
   
   DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2.5 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 65 STATUTE
   MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF LA
   GRANGE GEORGIA TO 35 MILES NORTH 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 119...
   
   DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OUTBREAK UNDERWAY AS POWERFUL 100KT
   MID LEVEL JET AND ASSOCIATED VORT MOVE ACROSS SERN U.S. THIS
   EVENING.  TORNADIC SUPERCELLS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP EWD ACROSS
   WATCH AREA THRU THE EVENING WITH POTENTIAL FOR LONG LIVED DAMAGING
   TORNADOES ALONG AND S OF WARM FRONT WHICH EXTENDS ENEWD INTO SERN
   NC.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.
   
   
   ...HALES
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