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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 892

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

815 PM EST WED NOV 16 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 815 PM

UNTIL 200 AM EST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

BRUNSWICK GEORGIA TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF WAYCROSS 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...CONTINUE...WW 890...WW 891...



DISCUSSION...A BROKEN BAND OF STRONG/SEVERE TSTMS...IN THE FORM OF A

QLCS WITH EMBEDDED BOWS/CIRCULATIONS...WILL CONTINUE TO STEADILY

PROGRESS EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEAST GA THIS EVENING. WHILE

INSTABILITY IS MODEST...A HIGH DEGREE OF SHEAR/SRH WILL SUPPORT THE

POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED QLCS STRUCTURES WITH EMBEDDED

BOWS/MESOVORTICES CAPABLE OF A TORNADO OR TWO AND WIND DAMAGE.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.





...GUYER/HART

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