THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 11:00PM EST
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Urgent - Immediate Broadcast Requested Tornado Watch Number 4 Nws Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 540 PM EST Tue Jan 6 2009
The Nws Storm Prediction Center Has Issued A Tornado Watch For Portions Of
Much Of Northern Georgia Parts Of Southwestern North Carolina Parts Of Western South Carolina
Effective This Tuesday Afternoon And Evening From 540 PM Until 1100 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 45 Statute Miles North And South Of A Line From 50 Miles South Southwest Of Rome Georgia To 5 Miles Northeast Of Greenville 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...Continue...Ww 3...
Discussion...Surface Low On Front Nwrn GA Enhancing Shear With Rapidly Moving Supercells Developing Along/Ahead Of Cold Front. Although Air Mass Only Marginally Unstable...Shear And High Pw/S Support Rotating Updrafts/Supercells And Threat Of Tornadoes As System Continues Ewd.
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 450. Mean Storm Motion Vector 24045.
