ABC 33/40 EWARN: Severe Weather Watch Notice

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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.

...HALES
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