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WWUS20 KWNS 060554
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SPC WW 060555
GAZ000-NCZ000-SCZ000-CWZ000-061200-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 261
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
155 AM EDT TUE MAY 6 2003
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN GEORGIA
SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTH CAROLINA
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM 155 AM UNTIL 800 AM EDT.
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 ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF AUGUSTA GEORGIA TO
60 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF FAYETTEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA.
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 259...WW 260...
DISCUSSION...POTENTIAL WILL EXIST OVERNIGHT FOR SUPERCELLS WITH LOW
AMPLITUDE LEWPS/BOWS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ALONG SLOW MOVING WARM
FRONT OVER THE SC MIDLANDS. DEEP SHEAR EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER
REGION WITH TIME AS 70+ KT MID LEVEL SPEED MAX OVER MS/AL CONTINUES
ENEWD.
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 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26035.
...CORFIDI
342,0823 353,0775 334,0775 324,0823