Tornado Watch 806

Issued

Dec 24, 2002, 9:20 AM EST (14:20 UTC)

Expired

Dec 24, 2002, 2:00 PM EST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS20 KWNS 241419
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WWUS20 KWNS 241420
SPC WW 241420
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 806
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
920 AM EST TUE DEC 24 2002

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

   NORTHEAST FLORIDA                            
   SOUTHEAST GEORGIA                            
   SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA                     
   COASTAL WATERS                     

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 920 AM UNTIL 200
PM EST.

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

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES EAST OF CROSS CITY FLORIDA TO 35 MILES
NORTHWEST 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...  CONTINUE...WW 804...WW 805...

DISCUSSION...INTENSE SQUALL LINE MOVING RAPIDLY EWD WITH VERY
STRONG SHEAR PROFILES IN ADVANCE.  ALONG WITH WIND
DAMAGE...TORNADOES LIKELY ASSOCIATED WITH LINE.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH...EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.


...HALES

322,0801 293,0812 293,0840 322,0830

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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.