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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 304

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

235 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA

       MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA

       PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING FROM 235 AM UNTIL 1000 AM EDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 85 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST OF TUSCALOOSA

ALABAMA TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 300...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 302. WATCH NUMBER 300 302

WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 235 AM EDT. CONTINUE...WW 299...WW

303...



DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING TORNADIC SUPERCELLS

CONTINUE TO MOVE RAPIDLY EWD ACROSS NRN AL AND ERN MS. WITH

INTENSIFYING WIND FIELDS AS UPPER TROUGH MOVES EWD FROM MS

VALLEY...THREAT OF TORNADIC SUPERCELLS WILL SPREAD EWD ACROSS WATCH

AS WELL AS DEVELOP VICINITY WARM FRONT LIFTING NWD THRU CENTRAL GA

AND SRN SC.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26040.





...HALES

