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URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 304
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
235 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA
MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING FROM 235 AM UNTIL 1000 AM EDT.
TORNADOES…HAIL TO 2 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 85 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST OF TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
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 300…TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 302. WATCH NUMBER 300 302 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 235 AM EDT. CONTINUE…WW 299…WW 303…
DISCUSSION…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING TORNADIC SUPERCELLS CONTINUE TO MOVE RAPIDLY EWD ACROSS NRN AL AND ERN MS. WITH INTENSIFYING WIND FIELDS AS UPPER TROUGH MOVES EWD FROM MS VALLEY…THREAT OF TORNADIC SUPERCELLS WILL SPREAD EWD ACROSS WATCH AS WELL AS DEVELOP VICINITY WARM FRONT LIFTING NWD THRU CENTRAL GA AND SRN SC.
AVIATION…TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26040.
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