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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 65

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1055 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA

       WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

       UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 1055 PM

UNTIL 500 AM EST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 65 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF

CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF ROME

GEORGIA.  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 61...WW 63...WW 64...



DISCUSSION...SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER

PARTS OF NORTH GA/AL.  THESE STORMS WILL TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS THE

WATCH AREA THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  STORMS HAVE SHOWN AN

OVERALL DECREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH 4Z...BUT THE PRESENCE OF THE

SURFACE WARM FRONT AND STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS SUGGEST A CONTINUED

THREAT OF WIDELY SCATTERED SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING ISOLATED

TORNADOES.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.





...HART

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