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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 102

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

240 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHERN FLORIDA

       SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

       SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM 240 AM UNTIL 1000 AM EDT.



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 85 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA TO 40 MILES WEST OF CROSS CITY FLORIDA.

 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...CONTINUE...WW 97...WW 98...WW 100...WW

101...



DISCUSSION...QLCS WITH EMBEDDED BOWING/LEWP STRUCTURES WILL PROGRESS

EWD ACROSS WW AREA EARLY THIS MORNING.  AMBIENT INFLOW AIR MASS IS

MOIST...MODERATELY UNSTABLE AND STRONGLY SHEARED.  WHILE DAMAGING

WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD...TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE

WITH ANY EMBEDDED MESOCYCLONES/MESOVORTICES.



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 500.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27040.





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