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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 329

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

340 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA

       EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

       EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 340 PM UNTIL

1100 PM EDT.



TORNADOES...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 60 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF CAPE

HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA TO 60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF ORANGEBURG

SOUTH CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 327...WW 328...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING  RAPIDLY INTERIOR

CAROLINAS AND NRN GA.  STRONG SHEAR PROFILES AND MDT INSTABILITY

WILL SUPPORT INCREASED CONCERN FOR SUPERCELLS AS STORMS MOVE/DEVELOP

EWD THIS AFTERNOON/ EVENING.  IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING

WINDS...TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SUPERCELL.



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

550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27040.





...HALES

