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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 759

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

235 PM EST TUE NOV 30 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA

       WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

       WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 235 PM UNTIL

1000 PM EST.



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 75 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

SPARTANBURG SOUTH CAROLINA TO 55 MILES SOUTH OF MACON 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...CONTINUE...WW 758...



DISCUSSION...QLCS ONGOING ALONG COLD FRONT OVER WRN GA WILL CONTINUE

EWD THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT IN ADVANCE OF STRONG UPSTREAM

IMPULSE APPROACHING FROM THE LOWER MS VALLEY.  BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS

HAVE ALLOWED WARM SECTOR AIR MASS OVER CNTRL/SRN GA TO WARM THROUGH

THE 70S...AND A 40-50+ LLJ SHOULD SERVE TO ENHANCE THE NWD FLUX OF

THIS BOUNDARY LAYER NWD INTO THE CAROLINAS.  GIVEN THE STRONG

VERTICAL SHEAR OBSERVED ON THE 18Z FFC SOUNDING...AREA VWPS AND

MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS...ENVIRONMENT WILL REMAIN SUPPORTIVE OF

EMBEDDED SUPERCELL STRUCTURES WITH A RISK FOR TORNADOES AND DAMAGING

WINDS.



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 22040.





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