Tornado Watch 159

Issued

Apr 3, 1998, 3:00 PM CST (21:00 UTC)

Expired

Apr 3, 1998, 9:00 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 159
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
322 PM EST FRI APR 3 1998

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

   NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA                            
   WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA                     

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 400 PM UNTIL 1000
PM EST.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
VERY DAMAGING TORNADOES.  ALSO...LARGE HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN
DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF
A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF LA GRANGE GEORGIA TO 45
MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBIA SOUTH 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 155.  WATCH NUMBER 155 WILL NOT BE IN
EFFECT AFTER 400 PM EST.  CONTINUE...WW 156...WW 157...WW 158...

DISCUSSION...STORNG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING ALONG QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT
EXTENDING TOWARD SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.  IN ADDITION...OTHER
SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND NORTH/NORTHEAST OF
FRONT THAT EXTENDS INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA.  SOUTHWESTERLY LOW LEVEL
JET IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY TO 50-60 KT INTO GEORGIA BY THIS
EVENING AS 100 KT MID LEVEL JET APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.  AIR MASS
SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY IS MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH CAPE TO 2000
J/KG.  POTENTIAL FOR TONRADIC SUPERCELLS AND OCCASIONAL BOW ECHOES
WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.


...WEISS

343,0851 343,0804 320,0804 320,0851

Tornado Watches in Georgia, 1998Tornado Watches in South Carolina, 1998Tornado Watches in Alabama, 1998Every tornado watch in 1998

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.