Tornado Watch 818

Issued

Dec 16, 2000, 11:00 PM EST (04:00 UTC)

Expired

Dec 17, 2000, 5:00 AM EST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS9 KMKC 170343
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SEL8  
MKC WW 170334
GAZ000-NCZ000-SCZ000-CWZ000-171000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 818
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1034 PM EST SAT DEC 16 2000

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

   EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA                            
   SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA                     
   CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA                     
   COASTAL WATERS                     

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1100 PM UNTIL
500 AM EST.

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

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 95 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA TO 50 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WILMINGTON NORTH 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 TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 815.  WATCH NUMBER 815 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1100 PM
EST.

ADDITIONAL PARTS OF ERN NC WILL BE MONITORED FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES
LATER TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION...BANDS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD
RAPIDLY NEWD IN ADVANCE OF STRONG COLD FRONT SURGING ACROSS THE
SERN STATES.  CONVECTION IS OCCURRING AHEAD OF INTENSE UPPER TROUGH
ACCLERATING ENEWD ACROSS THE TN VALLEY.  WARM FRONT IS NOW LIFTING
NWWD INTO THE CAROLINAS WITH SURFACE DEW POINTS IN THE 60S IN THE
WARM SECTOR.  VAD DATA SHOW 40-65 KT SOUTHERLY WINDS IN THE LOWEST
1-2 KM PROVIDING VERY STRONG SHEAR AND FAVORABLE HELICITY FOR
SUPERCELLS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH...EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23050.


...WEISS

344,0765 320,0803 320,0834 344,0801

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.