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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 7

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

435 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

       SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM 435 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 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 50 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

VIDALIA GEORGIA TO 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH

CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 5...WW 6...



DISCUSSION...VERY STRONG DEEP-LAYER ASCENT WILL DEVELOP NEWD AHEAD

OF A VIGOROUS SHORT WAVE TROUGH EJECTING NEWD ACROSS AL/FL AND THE

NRN GULF. THIS  WILL CONTINUE TO SUSTAIN VIGOROUS THUNDERSTORM

ACTIVITY THROUGH THE EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. ALTHOUGH

WIDESPREAD HEAVY PRECIPITATION HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS SERN GA

ATTM...NUMEROUS EMBEDDED ROTATING CELLS HAVE ALSO INCREASED ACROSS

THE AREA. GIVEN APPROACH OF STRONGER FORCING AND MOIST/UNSTABLE

CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION...THE CHANCES FOR

SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND A COUPLE OF TORNADOES SHOULD

INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22035.





...CARBIN/IMY

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