ABC 33/40 EWARN: Severe Weather Watch Notice

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 165
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
230 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

PARTS OF EASTERN ALABAMA
MUCH OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF GEORGIA
PARTS OF WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL
1000 PM EDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 75 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
GADSDEN ALABAMA TO 50 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF ATHENS GEORGIA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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 164...

DISCUSSION...A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS CONTINUES TO SPREAD NEWD
ACROSS GA/SC REPLACING COOL BOUNDARY LAYER. WITH STRONG SHEAR
PROFILES ACROSS THE WATCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF SURFACE BASED STORMS IN
THE WARM SECTOR...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN NUMBER AND
INTENSITY REMAINDER OF AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WATCH. SUPERCELLS ARE
LIKELY BOTH ACROSS THE WARM SECTOR AND VICINITY BOUNDARIES ON
RETREATING WARM FRONT. TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS WILL
BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SUPERCELL.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.

...HALES

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