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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 855

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1050 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA

       LARGE PART OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

       MUCH OF SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1050 AM UNTIL 600

PM EDT.



TORNADOES...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS

LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

VALDOSTA GEORGIA TO 95 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH

CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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.



DISCUSSION...WITH STRONG SHEAR PROFILES N SIDE OF T.S. FAY AND VERY

HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER AND MARGINAL INSTABILITY SPREADING WWD

ACROSS SRN GA...CONDITIONS ARE BECOMING MORE FAVORABLE FOR BRIEF

TORNADOES WITH ANY ROTATING CELLS  THAT DEVELOPS.  PRIMARY THREAT

WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH CONVECTIVE BANDS THAT ARE MOVING RAPIDLY WWD

FROM OFFSHORE ACROSS THE GA/SRN SC COAST.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXTREME

TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI

WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 09035.





...HALES

