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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 119

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1100 AM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF EASTERN ALABAMA

       MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA

       MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1100 AM UNTIL

700 PM EDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

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

ANNISTON ALABAMA TO 55 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA SOUTH

CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 SEVERE

THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 118. WATCH NUMBER 118 WILL NOT BE IN

EFFECT AFTER 1100 AM EDT.



DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY EWD

ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WITH THE APPROACH OF 90-100KT MID LEVEL WIND

MAX AND RAPID DESTABILIZATION.  SHEAR PROFILES COUPLED WITH MLCAPES

CLIMBING TO ABOVE 1000 J/KG SUPPORT TORNADIC SUPERCELLS.  IN

ADDITION VERY STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES SUPPORT POTENTIAL FOR

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH LINE SEGMENTS AND

BOWS.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.





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