WATCHES: Tornado Watch Number 302

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SPC WW 110206
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 302
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1005 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2008

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

GEORGIA
SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA
A SMALL PART OF SOUTHEASTERN TENNESSEE
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1005 PM
UNTIL 500 AM 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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SAVANNAH GEORGIA TO 20 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF ROME GEORGIA. FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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 298...WW 299...WW
300...WW 301...

DISCUSSION...LARGE RESERVOIR OF MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY WILL
REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT SOUTH OF A SURFACE FRONT
EXTENDING FROM SRN SC INTO THE TN VALLEY. IN ADDITION...VERY
STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL PERSIST AND SUPPORT
ORGANIZED/LONGER-LIVED UPDRAFTS OVERNIGHT AS STORMS INCREASE ACROSS
WW. INITIAL DEVELOPMENT OVER CENTRAL/SERN GA WILL LIKELY SPREAD
GENERALLY EWD TOWARDS THE COAST...WITH ADDITIONAL LARGER MCS LIKELY
MOVING INTO ERN TN/NRN GA AFTER MIDNIGHT. IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN NOT BE RULED OUT
ESPECIALLY AS WLY LLJ INTENSIFIES OVERNIGHT.

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

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