Tornado Watch 192

Issued

Apr 8, 1998, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)

Expired

Apr 9, 1998, 1:00 AM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

294 
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 192
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
703 PM EDT WED APR 8 1998

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

   NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA                            
   WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA                     

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 730 PM
UNTIL 200 AM EDT.

TORNADOES...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 NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF ROME GEORGIA TO 45
MILES NORTHEAST OF AUGUSTA GEORGIA.

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 187.  WATCH NUMBER 187 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 730 PM
EDT.  CONTINUE...WW 188...WW 189...WW 190...WW 191...

DISCUSSION...CONVECTIVE CLUSTER CONTINUES INCREASING OVER WATCH
VICINITY ALONG SURFACE BOUNDARY WHERE CAPES NEAR 2000 J/KG. WINDS
SHOWING STRONG VEERING WITH HEIGHT ALONG WITH 70 KT MID LEVEL FLOW
INDICATING THREAT OF TORNADIC SUPERCELLS. 


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 24040.


...ROGASH

345,0853 350,0812 323,0812 322,0853

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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.