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Tornado Watch 135
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Moderate
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL5
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 135
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   630 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL GEORGIA
          UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 630 PM
   UNTIL 100 AM EDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF
   SPARTANBURG SOUTH CAROLINA TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MACON GEORGIA.
    FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   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 132...WW 133...WW 134...
   
   DISCUSSION...A BROKEN BAND OF SUPERCELLS IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST AND
   SPREAD EWD/ESEWD FROM CENTRAL AL/N GA INTO CENTRAL GA AND UPSTATE SC
   THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.  LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE DOES DECREASE WITH EWD
   EXTENT FROM GA INTO SC...BUT GRADUAL MOISTENING AND STEEP LAPSE
   RATES WILL HELP MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY FOR LARGE
   HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY TONIGHT.  THE TORNADO
   THREAT WILL BE GREATEST ALONG THE RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM NE
   GA INTO UPSTATE SC...WHERE LOW-LEVEL SHEAR AND MOISTURE WILL BE
   MAXIMIZED.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27040.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON
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