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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 24

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

455 PM EST TUE FEB 13 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EASTERN GEORGIA

       SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA

       MUCH OF SOUTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 455 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 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 EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

AUGUSTA GEORGIA TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA.

 FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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 20...WW 21...WW 22...WW

23...



DISCUSSION...SQLN WITH EMBEDDED LEWPS NOW OVER ERN GA EXPECTED TO

CONTINUE ENEWD THIS EVENING...WHILE SCATTERED STORMS DEVELOP IN

STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL SSWLY FLOW AHEAD OF IT.  PRESSURE

FALLS/BACKED SFC FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH SFC CYCLOGENESIS OVER CNTRL

SC...COUPLED WITH INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INFLOW...SHOULD

CREATE FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR ROTATING UPDRAFTS/POSSIBLE

TORNADOES ALONG AND S OF WEDGE FRONT AS UPR JET EXIT REGION NOW OVER

AL/WRN GA ACCELERATES NEWD.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...CORFIDI

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