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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 35

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

530 AM EST WED FEB 13 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 530 AM UNTIL 900 AM 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 65 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

WAYCROSS GEORGIA TO 55 MILES NORTH OF BRUNSWICK 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.



DISCUSSION...SCTD SUSTAINED TSTMS EXPECTED TO PERSIST IN ENVIRONMENT

OF DEEP...STRONG...LARGELY UNIDIRECTIONAL WSW FLOW OVER SE GA.

UPLIFT IS BEING FOCUSED ALONG SFC STNRY FRONT ALIGNED PARALLEL TO

DEEP FLOW. GIVEN STRENGTH OF DEEP SHEAR /60 KTS/...RICH MOISTURE /PW

AOA 1.5 INCHES/...AND FRICTIONALLY-ENHANCED LOW-LVL SHEAR CLOSER TO

THE ATLANTIC COAST...THE STORMS MOVING ALONG THE BOUNDARY COULD POSE

A TORNADO THREAT...IN ADDITION TO LOCALLY DMGG WIND...BEFORE MOVING

OFFSHORE.



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 26040.





...CORFIDI

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