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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 12

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1135 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF EAST GEORGIA

       MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA

       MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 1135 PM UNTIL

700 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 80 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF SAVANNAH

GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 11. WATCH NUMBER 11 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1135

PM EST.



DISCUSSION...WITH THE VERY STRONG SHEAR IN PLACE ACROSS THE MOIST

AND MARGINALLY UNSTABLE WARM SECTOR...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE

FOR NOT ONLY WIND DAMAGE BUT BRIEF TORNADO'S.  CURRENT SQUALL LINE

WRN SC SWD INTO ERN GA WILL BE FOCUS FOR PRIMARY SEVERE CONCERN AS

INDIVIDUAL STORMS MOVE RAPIDLY NEWD.



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 23045.





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