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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 5

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1240 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA

       SOUTH-CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

       NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1240 PM UNTIL

900 PM 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 75 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

ANDERSON SOUTH CAROLINA TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA SOUTH

CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 4...



DISCUSSION...NARROW LINE OF INTENSE CONVECTION CONTINUES MOVING NEWD

AT UP TO 40KT INTO EXTREME NERN GA ATTM. ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO

MAINTAIN INTENSITY AS IT MOVES INTO WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS ACROSS

NWRN SC AND THE NC PIEDMONT AREAS THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. ALREADY

STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR PROFILES ARE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN FURTHER

AND SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO STORM ORGANIZATION/PERSISTENCE AND

INTENSITY. IN ADDITION TO BOWLING LINE SEGMENTS WITH DAMAGING

WINDS...A COUPLE OF TORNADOES APPEAR POSSIBLE FROM MESOCYCLONES

EMBEDDED WITHIN THE SQUALL LINE.



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 25040.





...CARBIN/IMY

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