New Tornado Watch

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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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The Severe Thunderstorm Watch continues for Jefferson and Blount Counties until 11 a.m.

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