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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 548

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

200 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND NORTHERN GEORGIA

  WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  UPSTATE AND PIEDMONT SOUTH CAROLINA

  SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 200 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

ATHENS GEORGIA TO 40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF CHARLOTTE NORTH

CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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 546...WW 547...



DISCUSSION...SETUP MAY BECOME INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR SPORADIC

INSTANCES OF DMGG WIND AND TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF THE SRN AND CNTRL

APPALACHIANS AND ADJACENT PIEDMONT/CSTL PLN THIS AFTN AS MODEST SFC

HEATING DESTABILIZES STRONGLY-SHEARED ENVIRONMENT ALONG AND AHEAD OF

E TN/WRN GA COLD FRONT. STORM DEVELOPMENT MAY FOCUS ALONG THE

FRONT...AND ALONG REMNANT SQLN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ATTM EXTENDING NWD

FROM THE LWR SAVANNAH RVR VLY INTO WRN NC. STRENGTH OF DEEP SLY

FLOW...QUALITY OF LOW-LVL MOISTURE /PW AROUND 1.50-2.00

INCHES/...AND SLIGHTLY BACKED NEAR-SFC FLOW NEAR THE BOUNDARIES

SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR LOW AMPLITUDE LEWPS/TRANSIENT SUPERCELLS WITH

A RISK FOR DMGG WIND AND MAINLY SHORT-LIVED 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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21045.





...CORFIDI

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 548

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

200 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND NORTHERN GEORGIA

  WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  UPSTATE AND PIEDMONT SOUTH CAROLINA

  SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 200 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

ATHENS GEORGIA TO 40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF CHARLOTTE NORTH

CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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 546...WW 547...



DISCUSSION...SETUP MAY BECOME INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR SPORADIC

INSTANCES OF DMGG WIND AND TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF THE SRN AND CNTRL

APPALACHIANS AND ADJACENT PIEDMONT/CSTL PLN THIS AFTN AS MODEST SFC

HEATING DESTABILIZES STRONGLY-SHEARED ENVIRONMENT ALONG AND AHEAD OF

E TN/WRN GA COLD FRONT. STORM DEVELOPMENT MAY FOCUS ALONG THE

FRONT...AND ALONG REMNANT SQLN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ATTM EXTENDING NWD

FROM THE LWR SAVANNAH RVR VLY INTO WRN NC. STRENGTH OF DEEP SLY

FLOW...QUALITY OF LOW-LVL MOISTURE /PW AROUND 1.50-2.00

INCHES/...AND SLIGHTLY BACKED NEAR-SFC FLOW NEAR THE BOUNDARIES

SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR LOW AMPLITUDE LEWPS/TRANSIENT SUPERCELLS WITH

A RISK FOR DMGG WIND AND MAINLY SHORT-LIVED 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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21045.





...CORFIDI

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