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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 96

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1205 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       A LARGE PART OF GEORGIA

       PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

       PARTS OF WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA

       MUCH OF EASTERN TENNESSEE



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1205 PM UNTIL

700 PM EST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH OF KNOXVILLE

TENNESSEE TO 55 MILES SOUTH OF MACON GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 95...



DISCUSSION...POWERFUL TROUGH AND JET MAX WILL BE ROTATING NEWD

ACROSS SERN STATES THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING PROVIDING BOTH STRONG

VERTICAL MOTION AND SHEAR PROFILES TO SUPPORT SEVERE STORMS.  STRONG

COLD FRONT MID TN SWD WILL BE FOCUS FOR DEVELOPMENT WHICH WILL

INCLUDE SUPERCELLS DURING THE AFTERNOON.  TORNADOES AND DAMAGING

WINDS WILL BE A THREAT ALONG AND AHEAD OF DEVELOPING LINE OF STORMS

AS THEY MOVE EWD ACROSS THE WATCH.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.





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