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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 4

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

540 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       MUCH OF NORTHERN GEORGIA

       PARTS OF SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

       PARTS OF WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 540 PM UNTIL

1100 PM EST.



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 45 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

ROME GEORGIA TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENVILLE 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...CONTINUE...WW 3...



DISCUSSION...SURFACE LOW ON FRONT NWRN GA ENHANCING SHEAR WITH

RAPIDLY MOVING SUPERCELLS DEVELOPING ALONG/AHEAD OF COLD FRONT.

ALTHOUGH AIR MASS ONLY MARGINALLY UNSTABLE...SHEAR AND HIGH PW/S

SUPPORT ROTATING UPDRAFTS/SUPERCELLS AND THREAT OF TORNADOES AS

SYSTEM CONTINUES EWD.



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 24045.





...HALES

