Tornado Watch 759

Issued

Nov 11, 2002, 5:40 AM EST (10:40 UTC)

Expired

Nov 11, 2002, 11:00 AM EST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS20 KWNS 111039
SEL9  
SPC WW 111040
GAZ000-NCZ000-SCZ000-111600-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 759
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
540 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002

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

   CENTRAL AND EASTERN GEORGIA                            
   PART OF SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA                     
   CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA                     

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 540 AM UNTIL 1100 AM EST.

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 70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH OF MACON GEORGIA TO 55 MILES NORTH
NORTHEAST OF FLORENCE 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...  CONTINUE...WW 755...WW 756...WW
757...WW 758...

DISCUSSION...BROKEN LINE OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT EWD AT
NEAR 40 KT ACROSS CENTRAL GA AND WRN SC THROUGH THE MID
MORNING...WITH DISCRETE DEVELOPMENT LIKELY AHEAD OF THE LINE. 
SHEAR AND INSTABILITY PARAMETERS REMAIN VERY FAVORABLE FOR
SUPERCELLS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS.


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 24040.


...EVANS

315,0845 345,0803 345,0780 315,0822

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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.