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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 102

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

115 AM EDT SUN APR 25 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND NORTHERN GEORGIA

       SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA

       WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING FROM 115 AM UNTIL 900 AM EDT.



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

TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA TO 60 MILES SOUTH OF MACON GEORGIA.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 101...



DISCUSSION...ISOLD TORNADO AND SVR HAIL THREAT WILL SPREAD SLOWLY E

THROUGH LATER THIS MORNING AS REGION GRADUALLY DESTABILIZES WITH

CONTINUED STRONG/CONFLUENT SSWLY LOW LVL FLOW.



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

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

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.





...CORFIDI

