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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 270
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
130 PM EDT TUE MAY 6 2003
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA
EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 130 PM UNTIL 800
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 ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF AUGUSTA GEORGIA TO 45 MILES
WEST NORTHWEST OF TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA.
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 263...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 267. WATCH
NUMBER 263 267 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 130 PM EDT.
CONTINUE...WW 266...WW 268...WW 269...
DISCUSSION...LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING EMBEDDED
SUPERCELLS WILL CONTINUE MOVING ENEWD INTO WRN SC AND CENTRAL/ERN GA
OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. IN ADDITION...OUTFLOW BOUNDARY REMAINS
WELL DEFINED INTO NWRN AL. AIR MASS SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY AND
AHEAD OF ONGOING LINE OF STORMS IS BECOMING VERY UNSTABLE AND WEAKLY
CAPPED. ANY CONVECTION WHICH CAN DEVELOP NEAR THIS BOUNDARY WILL
CERTAINLY BECOME SUPERCELLULAR GIVEN THE STRONG LOW AND DEEP LAYER
SHEAR IN PLACE...WITH AN ATTENDANT THREAT OF A FEW TORNADOES.
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 28030.
...EVANS
330,0815 323,0882 342,0882 344,0815