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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 5

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

150 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

  SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 150 PM UNTIL

  800 PM EST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

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

CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA TO 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF WAYCROSS

GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 1...WW 2...WW 3...WW 4...



DISCUSSION...A PRE-FRONTAL BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO

SPREAD EWD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON/EVENING...IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG

MIDLEVEL TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT.  A FEW DAMAGING GUSTS

SHOULD BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THE STRONGER STORMS EMBEDDED IN THE

BAND.  OTHERWISE...A TORNADO OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH

CIRCULATIONS IN THE BAND...OR WITH MORE DISCRETE SUPERCELLS AHEAD OF

THE LINE.



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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.





...THOMPSON

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