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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 891

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

430 PM EST WED NOV 16 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       FAR EASTERN GEORGIA

       WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

       CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 430 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT 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 65 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

SAVANNAH GEORGIA TO 20 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF GREENSBORO NORTH

CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 889...WW 890...



DISCUSSION...CLUSTERS OF SUPERCELLS FROM UPSTATE SC INTO ERN GA ARE

EXPECTED TO MOVE/DEVELOP NEWD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA LATE THIS

AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...IN ADVANCE OF MIDLEVEL VORTICITY MAXIMUM

EMERGING FROM THE CNTRL/SRN APPALACHIANS.  THE LOW-LEVEL MASS

RESPONSE TO THIS MIDLEVEL IMPULSE WILL RESULT IN A 50+ KT SWLY LLJ

BEING FOCUSED ACROSS THE REGION...ENHANCING ALREADY STRONG VERTICAL

SHEAR.  GIVEN THE MOIST...UNSTABLE AND LCL WARM SECTOR AIR

MASS...THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR TORNADOES AND WIND DAMAGE WITH

ANY SUSTAINED SUPERCELL AND/OR BOWING STRUCTURES.



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 400.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.





...MEAD

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