

000 

WWUS20 KWNS 152037

SEL0

SPC WW 152037

GAZ000-NCZ000-SCZ000-CWZ000-160500-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 120

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

435 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       LARGE PART OF CENTRAL GEORGIA

       PARTS OF SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA

       MUCH OF SOUTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 435 PM

UNTIL 100 AM EDT.



...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...



DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2.5 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 65 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF LA

GRANGE GEORGIA TO 35 MILES NORTH OF WILMINGTON 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 119...



DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OUTBREAK UNDERWAY AS POWERFUL 100KT

MID LEVEL JET AND ASSOCIATED VORT MOVE ACROSS SERN U.S. THIS

EVENING.  TORNADIC SUPERCELLS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP EWD ACROSS

WATCH AREA THRU THE EVENING WITH POTENTIAL FOR LONG LIVED DAMAGING

TORNADOES ALONG AND S OF WARM FRONT WHICH EXTENDS ENEWD INTO SERN

NC.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.





...HALES

