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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 88

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1030 AM EDT Fri Apr 19 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Extreme northeastern Georgia

  Western and central North Carolina

  Upstate South Carolina

  Parts of south central and southwestern Virginia



* Effective this Friday morning and afternoon from 1030 AM until

  500 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely

  Widespread damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts

    to 75 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Isolated warm sector supercells will continue into the

afternoon with the potential for a couple of tornadoes, while a

broken pre-frontal convective band will likewise persist.

Supercells and bowing segments embedded in the band will pose a

threat for tornadoes and damaging gusts through the afternoon.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

east and west of a line from 25 miles north northwest of Lynchburg

VA to 40 miles southeast of Spartanburg SC. For a complete depiction

of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU8).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 87...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 65 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 23050.



...Thompson

