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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 39

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1100 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

       CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

       CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

       SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 1100 PM UNTIL

500 AM EDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

ROCKY MOUNT NORTH CAROLINA TO 65 MILES WEST OF AUGUSTA GEORGIA.

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 TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 37...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 38. WATCH NUMBER 37 38

WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1100 PM EDT.



DISCUSSION...BROKEN BANDS OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS WILL PERSIST

OVERNIGHT ALONG THE STALLED WEDGE FRONT ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF

NC/SC...AND ALONG A PRE-FRONTAL CONFLUENCE BAND FROM CENTRAL GA INTO

SC.  INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN AT LEAST MARGINALLY SUFFICIENT FOR

SURFACE-BASED STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING

WINDS...WHILE STRONG LOW-LEVEL SHEAR WILL FAVOR THE POTENTIAL FOR A

COUPLE OF TORNADOES WITH THE STRONGER SUPERCELLS.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

350. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.





...THOMPSON

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