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733 

WWUS20 KWNS 141101

SEL6

SPC WW 141101

GAZ000-NCZ000-SCZ000-CWZ000-141800-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 546

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

700 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN GEORGIA

  WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  CENTRAL AND WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 700 AM UNTIL

  200 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS

    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES EAST OF VIDALIA GEORGIA

TO 20 MILES WEST OF HICKORY NORTH CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 544...WW 545...



DISCUSSION...QLCS WITH LONG HISTORY OF EPISODIC DAMAGING WIND AND

EMBEDDED MESOCIRCULATIONS IS EXPECTED TO PROCEED NEWD INTO AND

ACROSS WW AREA.  FOREGOING AIR MASS WILL BE MARGINALLY BUT

SUPPORTIVELY UNSTABLE INITIALLY...WITH ADDITIONAL DESTABILIZATION

FORECAST FROM THETAE ADVECTION AND MUTED SFC HEATING...AMIDST

FAVORABLE LOW-LEVEL AND BULK SHEAR.  REF SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION

1889 FOR MORE METEOROLOGICAL DETAILS.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.





...EDWARDS

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904 

WWUS20 KWNS 141101

SEL6

SPC WW 141101

GAZ000-NCZ000-SCZ000-CWZ000-141800-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 546

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

700 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN GEORGIA

  WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  CENTRAL AND WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 700 AM UNTIL

  200 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS

    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES EAST OF VIDALIA GEORGIA

TO 20 MILES WEST OF HICKORY NORTH CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 544...WW 545...



DISCUSSION...QLCS WITH LONG HISTORY OF EPISODIC DAMAGING WIND AND

EMBEDDED MESOCIRCULATIONS IS EXPECTED TO PROCEED NEWD INTO AND

ACROSS WW AREA.  FOREGOING AIR MASS WILL BE MARGINALLY BUT

SUPPORTIVELY UNSTABLE INITIALLY...WITH ADDITIONAL DESTABILIZATION

FORECAST FROM THETAE ADVECTION AND MUTED SFC HEATING...AMIDST

FAVORABLE LOW-LEVEL AND BULK SHEAR.  REF SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION

1889 FOR MORE METEOROLOGICAL DETAILS.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.





...EDWARDS

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