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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 166

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

610 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

       SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

       NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 610 PM

UNTIL 100 AM EDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 70 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF

AUGUSTA GEORGIA TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTHERN PINES NORTH

CAROLINA.  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 164...WW 165...



DISCUSSION...SURFACE WARM FRONT WILL LIKELY SHIFT SLOWLY NWD ACROSS

CENTRAL/UPSTATE SC AND SRN NC AS LOW CENTER TRACKS NEWD OUT OF NRN

GA THIS EVENING.  THIS WILL ALLOW MODERATE INSTABILITY TO REMAIN IN

PLACE INTO THE EARLY EVENING AND SUPPORT INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM

DEVELOPMENT AS SWLY LLJ OVERSPREADS THE REGION.  LOW AND DEEP LAYER

SHEAR WILL PROVE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELL AND BOWING

SEGMENTS...ENHANCING THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS AND

THE THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23030.





...EVANS

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