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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 868

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

650 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND EASTERN GEORGIA

       SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA

       CENTRAL AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 650 PM

UNTIL 200 AM EDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 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 65 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

MACON GEORGIA TO 55 MILES NORTH OF FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 866. WATCH NUMBER 866 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER

650 PM EDT. CONTINUE...WW 867...



DISCUSSION...ENHANCED LOW LEVEL SHEAR ASSOCIATED WITH REMNANTS OF

FAY WILL SUSTAIN TORNADO THREAT ACROSS THIS AREA INTO TONIGHT.

SURFACE WARM FRONT NOW EXTENDING FROM SERN NC/NERN SC WWD INTO NRN

GA WILL LIKELY LIFT SLOWLY NWD...AND ALLOW A RELATIVELY WARM/MOIST

AIR MASS TO REMAIN IN PLACE TEMPERING ANY NOCTURNAL COOLING EFFECTS.

 VERY RICH BOUNDARY LAYER RH AND EXTREME SHEAR IN THE LOWEST FEW KMS

WILL THEREFORE SUSTAIN A RISK OF LOW-TOPPED SUPERCELLS AND ISOLATED

TORNADOES.



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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22025.





...EVANS

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