Tornado Watch 808

Issued

Sep 7, 2004, 4:00 AM EDT (08:00 UTC)

Expired

Sep 7, 2004, 2:00 PM EDT

In force

10 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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• Mesoscale Discussion 2179Sep 7, 12:30 AM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 2180Sep 7, 3:22 AM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 2182Sep 7, 7:34 AM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 2183Sep 7, 11:29 AM EDT

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 808
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
400 AM EDT TUE SEP 7 2004

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

       EASTERN GEORGIA
       SOUTH CAROLINA
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 400 AM UNTIL 200
PM EDT.

TORNADOES...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 95 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH
CAROLINA TO 40 MILES WEST OF AUGUSTA 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 807. WATCH NUMBER 807 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 400
AM EDT. 

DISCUSSION...TORNADO POTENTIAL EXPECTED TO SLOWLY SHIFT NWD/NWWD
ACROSS GA/SC ALONG WITH MOST FAVORABLE COMBINATION OF BOUNDARY LAYER
VERTICAL SHEAR AND SFC-BASED INSTABILITY.  THIS WILL SUPPORT
RELATIVELY SMALL SUPERCELLS WITH POTENTIAL FOR OCCASIONAL TORNADOES
EMBEDDED IN OUTER BANDS OF REMNANTS OF TC FRANCES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXTREME
TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI
WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 14535.


...EDWARDS/evans

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