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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 554

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

815 PM EST WED NOV 18 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN GEORGIA

  WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 815 PM

  UNTIL 300 AM EST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...CENTRAL GEORGIA LINE OF SHOWERS/STORMS EXPECTED TO

CONTINUE SLOWLY EAST-NORTHEASTWARD...WHILE STORMS WITHIN THE LINE

MOVE MORE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST ALONG IT. A COUPLE ISOLATED STORMS ALSO

MAY FORM AHEAD OF THE LINE. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL HAVE THE

POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SPORADIC DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND A TORNADO OR

TWO BEFORE WEAKENING EARLY THURSDAY.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

ANDERSON SOUTH CAROLINA TO 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF VIDALIA

GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 553...



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 22040.





...CORFIDI

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