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Tornado Watch 165
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   SEL5
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 165
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   230 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          PARTS OF EASTERN ALABAMA
          MUCH OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF GEORGIA
          PARTS OF WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM 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 75 STATUTE
   MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
   GADSDEN ALABAMA TO 50 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF ATHENS 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 164...
   
   DISCUSSION...A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS CONTINUES TO SPREAD NEWD
   ACROSS GA/SC REPLACING COOL BOUNDARY LAYER.  WITH STRONG SHEAR
   PROFILES ACROSS THE WATCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF SURFACE BASED STORMS IN
   THE WARM SECTOR...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN NUMBER AND
   INTENSITY REMAINDER OF AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WATCH.  SUPERCELLS ARE
   LIKELY BOTH ACROSS THE WARM SECTOR AND VICINITY BOUNDARIES ON
   RETREATING WARM FRONT.  TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS WILL
   BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SUPERCELL.
   
   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 24035.
   
   
   ...HALES
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