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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 138

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

310 PM EDT MON MAY 3 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

       CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 310 PM UNTIL

1000 PM EDT.



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 55 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

MACON GEORGIA TO 75 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF ORANGEBURG 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...CONTINUE...WW 137...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE SLOWLY INCREASING ALONG THE REMNANT

COLD FRONT ACROSS PARTS OF SC/GA.  THESE STORMS WILL TRACK EASTWARD

TOWARD THE COAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  GIVEN THE

STRONG EFFECTIVE SHEAR...A FEW OF THE STORMS EMBEDDED WITHIN THE

LINE HAVE BECOME SUPERCELLS WITH THE RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES

CONTINUING.



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 25035.





...HART

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