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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 100

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

625 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EASTERN GEORGIA

       SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

       CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 625 PM

UNTIL 200 AM 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 70 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

AUGUSTA GEORGIA TO 5 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST 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 96...WW 97...WW 98...WW

99...



DISCUSSION...VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR WILL PERSIST ATOP MID 60F

SURFACE DEW POINTS ACROSS SC THIS EVENING AHEAD OF STRONG MID/UPPER

LEVEL TROUGH LIFTING OVER THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS.  APPEARS MLCAPE

WILL REMAIN QUITE MARGINAL...HOWEVER IT SHOULD STILL SUFFICE FOR

STRONGER STORMS AND THE THREAT OF TORNADOES/DAMAGING WINDS AHEAD OF

SURFACE COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE SC COAST LATE TONIGHT.



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 24040.





...EVANS

