Tornado Watch 24

Issued

Feb 13, 2007, 4:54 PM EST (21:54 UTC)

Expired

Feb 13, 2007, 11:39 PM EST

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

0.5 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

20%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

5%

Ten or more severe hail reports

20%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

5%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

60%

• Mesoscale Discussion 156Feb 13, 4:35 PM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 160Feb 13, 7:52 PM EST

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WWUS20 KWNS 132158
SEL4  
SPC WW 132158
GAZ000-NCZ000-SCZ000-CWZ000-140500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 24
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
455 PM EST TUE FEB 13 2007

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

       EASTERN GEORGIA
       SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA
       MUCH OF SOUTH CAROLINA
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 455 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST.

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 80 STATUTE
MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
AUGUSTA GEORGIA TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA.
 FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

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 20...WW 21...WW 22...WW
23...

DISCUSSION...SQLN WITH EMBEDDED LEWPS NOW OVER ERN GA EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE ENEWD THIS EVENING...WHILE SCATTERED STORMS DEVELOP IN
STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL SSWLY FLOW AHEAD OF IT.  PRESSURE
FALLS/BACKED SFC FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH SFC CYCLOGENESIS OVER CNTRL
SC...COUPLED WITH INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INFLOW...SHOULD
CREATE FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR ROTATING UPDRAFTS/POSSIBLE
TORNADOES ALONG AND S OF WEDGE FRONT AS UPR JET EXIT REGION NOW OVER
AL/WRN GA ACCELERATES NEWD.

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
400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.


...CORFIDI

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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.