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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 803

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

615 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EXTREME EASTERN GEORGIA

       SOUTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 615 AM UNTIL 1000 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 95 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

COLUMBIA SOUTH CAROLINA TO 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF ORANGEBURG

SOUTH CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 801...WW 802...



DISCUSSION...A LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE EWD AT 55 TO 65 MPH ACROSS

EXTREME ERN GA AND SC EARLY THIS MORNING. THE FAST MOTION OF THE

LINE COMBINED WITH STRONG ENVIRONMENTAL WINDS SHOULD RESULT IN WIND

DAMAGE. IN ADDITION...THE STRENGTH OF THE LOW/DEEP LEVEL SHEAR AND

PRESENCE OF A WARM FRONT IN CENTRAL SC SUGGEST TORNADOES ARE ALSO

POSSIBLE.



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 450.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25055.





...IMY

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