Severe Thunderstorm Watch 90

Issued

Mar 11, 2000, 11:00 AM EST (16:00 UTC)

Expired

Mar 11, 2000, 4:00 PM EST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 90
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1030 AM EST SAT MAR 11 2000

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   CENTRAL AND EASTERN GEORGIA                            
   WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA                     

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1100 AM UNTIL
400 PM EST.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST OF MACON GEORGIA TO 15
MILES EAST OF COLUMBIA SOUTH CAROLINA.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR 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.


DISCUSSION...BOW ECHO HAS ORGANIZED OVER W-CNTRL GA. WITH AIR MASS
DESTABILIZING DOWNSTREAM...POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS EXISTS
GIVEN MODERATE UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW ALOFT.


AVIATION...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 500.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTjOR 24040.


...VESCIO

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