Tornado Watch 308

Issued

May 8, 1998, 2:00 AM EDT (06:00 UTC)

Expired

May 8, 1998, 8:00 AM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

310 
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 308
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
122 AM EDT FRI MAY 8 1998

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

   NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA                            
   SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA                     

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING FROM 200 AM UNTIL 800 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 ALONG AND 55 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA GRANGE GEORGIA TO 70
MILES NORTHEAST OF SAVANNAH 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 306...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 307.  WATCH NUMBER 306...307 WILL
NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 200 AM EDT.

DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS CONTINUE TO TRACK ESE IN HIGHLY FAVORABLE
SHEAR ENVIRONMENT AND MDT INSTABILITY.  THREAT OF TORNADOS WILL
CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS.


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 29035.


...HALES

335,0851 333,0802 320,0802 322,0851

Tornado Watches in Georgia, 1998Tornado Watches in South Carolina, 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.