Tornado Watch 758

Issued

Aug 30, 2005, 5:50 AM EDT (09:50 UTC)

Expired

Aug 30, 2005, 1:22 PM EDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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• Mesoscale Discussion 2118Aug 30, 4:39 AM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 2119Aug 30, 8:47 AM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 2120Aug 30, 12:42 PM EDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 300953
SEL8  
SPC WW 300953
GAZ000-NCZ000-SCZ000-TNZ000-301800-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 758
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
550 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005

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

       CENTRAL AND NORTHERN GEORGIA
       WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
       WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
       MIDDLE AND EASTERN TENNESSEE

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 550 AM UNTIL 200
PM EDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH OF MACON GEORGIA TO 55
MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE.  FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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 757. WATCH NUMBER 757 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 550
AM EDT. 

DISCUSSION...LOW LEVEL SHEAR PROFILES REMAIN VERY STRONG EAST OF
KATRINA.  THEREFORE ONCE HEATING COMMENCES THIS MORNING...TORNADO
THREAT WILL INCREASE ACROSS MUCH OF WW.  RESULTANT SUPERCELLS ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN SMALL...BUT WILL MOVE QUITE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST
WITHIN AN ENVIRONMENT INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21045.


...EVANS

320,0850 363,0855 363,0825 320,0821

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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.