WATCHES: Tornado Watch Number 273

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 273
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
635 PM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009

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

NORTHEAST GEORGIA
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
NORTHEAST TENNESSEE
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 635 PM
UNTIL 200 AM EDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 60 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
BLUEFIELD WEST VIRGINIA TO 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF GREENVILLE
SOUTH CAROLINA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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 268...WW 270...WW
271...WW 272...

DISCUSSION...CHANCE FOR ISOLD TORNADOES MAY PERSIST WITH
SEMI-DISCRETE STORMS/WEAK SUPERCELLS MOVING GENERALLY E WITH STRONG
WLY CURRENT ON S SIDE OF MCV IN NE KY. LOW-LVL LAPSE RATES WILL
REMAIN LIMITED. BUT PRESENCE OF EXISTING STORMS IN WHAT WILL BECOME
AN INCREASINGLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT MAY PROVE SUFFICIENT TO ENHANCE
STORM ROTATION ...AND AN ISOLD TORNADO/SVR WIND AND HAIL THREAT.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27035.

...CORFIDI

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