Tornado Watch 5

Issued

Jan 5, 2007, 12:41 PM EST (17:41 UTC)

Expired

Jan 5, 2007, 9:00 PM EST

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Greer radar (KGSP), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

30%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

Ten or more severe hail reports

40%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

30%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

70%

• Mesoscale Discussion 15Jan 5, 12:06 PM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 16Jan 5, 12:31 PM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 18Jan 5, 2:16 PM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 19Jan 5, 3:04 PM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 22Jan 5, 6:35 PM EST

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WWUS20 KWNS 051740
SEL5  
SPC WW 051740
GAZ000-NCZ000-SCZ000-060200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 5
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1240 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007

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

       EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA
       SOUTH-CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
       NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1240 PM UNTIL
900 PM EST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 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 75 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ANDERSON SOUTH CAROLINA TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA SOUTH
CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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 4...

DISCUSSION...NARROW LINE OF INTENSE CONVECTION CONTINUES MOVING NEWD
AT UP TO 40KT INTO EXTREME NERN GA ATTM. ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO
MAINTAIN INTENSITY AS IT MOVES INTO WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS ACROSS
NWRN SC AND THE NC PIEDMONT AREAS THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. ALREADY
STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR PROFILES ARE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN FURTHER
AND SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO STORM ORGANIZATION/PERSISTENCE AND
INTENSITY. IN ADDITION TO BOWLING LINE SEGMENTS WITH DAMAGING
WINDS...A COUPLE OF TORNADOES APPEAR POSSIBLE FROM MESOCYCLONES
EMBEDDED WITHIN THE SQUALL LINE.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.


...CARBIN/IMY

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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.