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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 100

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1250 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

       CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

       CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM 1250 AM UNTIL 600 AM EDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS

TO 75 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

ORANGEBURG SOUTH CAROLINA TO 40 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF RALEIGH

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...A FAST-MOVING SQUALL LINE EXTENDS FROM WESTERN NC INTO

GA...AND IS PRODUCING NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE.  THESE STORMS

ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST MUCH OF THE NIGHT AND SPREAD ACROSS THE WATCH

AREA.  EXTREMELY STRONG LOW LEVEL WIND FIELDS MAY ALSO RESULT IN

EMBEDDED BOW/LEWP STRUCTURES AND QLCS TORNADOES.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26040.





...HART

