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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 712

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

535 AM EDT MON OCT 25 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND NORTHERN GEORGIA

       WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

       WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA

       EAST TENNESSEE



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 535 AM UNTIL 100

PM 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 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS 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 711...



DISCUSSION...ERN AL SQLN WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS SHOULD CONTINUE

GENERALLY ENE INTO GA AND THE SRN APPALACHIANS THROUGH LATER THIS

MORNING.  WHILE BOUNDARY LAYER ACROSS THAT REGION IS NOT AS

WARM/MOIST AS IN AL...COMBINATION OF ELEVATED TERRAIN...EXPECTED MID

LVL COOLING AHEAD OF W TN/NRN MS UPR VORT...AND STRENGTH OF LOW TO

MID LVL WIND FIELD SUGGEST CONTINUED RISK FOR SUSTAINED

STORMS/SUPERCELLS POSING A RISK FOR LOCALLY DMGG WIND AND ISOLD

TORNADOES.  A THREAT FOR ISOLD SVR WEATHER ALSO WILL EXIST WITH ANY

SUSTAINED STORMS THAT MIGHT EVOLVE ALONG AXIS OF CONFLUENCE E OF

SQLN IN ERN AL.



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 450.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.





...CORFIDI

