Tornado Watch 166

Issued

Apr 4, 2008, 6:10 PM EDT (22:10 UTC)

Expired

Apr 5, 2008, 1:00 AM EDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 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

80%

• Mesoscale Discussion 558Apr 4, 5:39 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 560Apr 4, 8:12 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 562Apr 4, 8:35 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 564Apr 4, 11:52 PM EDT

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 166
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
610 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008

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

       EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
       SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
       NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 610 PM
UNTIL 100 AM EDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF
AUGUSTA GEORGIA TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTHERN PINES NORTH
CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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 164...WW 165...

DISCUSSION...SURFACE WARM FRONT WILL LIKELY SHIFT SLOWLY NWD ACROSS
CENTRAL/UPSTATE SC AND SRN NC AS LOW CENTER TRACKS NEWD OUT OF NRN
GA THIS EVENING.  THIS WILL ALLOW MODERATE INSTABILITY TO REMAIN IN
PLACE INTO THE EARLY EVENING AND SUPPORT INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT AS SWLY LLJ OVERSPREADS THE REGION.  LOW AND DEEP LAYER
SHEAR WILL PROVE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELL AND BOWING
SEGMENTS...ENHANCING THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS AND
THE THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23030.


...EVANS

Tornado Watches in South Carolina, 2008Tornado Watches in North Carolina, 2008Tornado Watches in Georgia, 2008Every tornado watch in 2008

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.