Tornado Watch 294

Issued

May 10, 2008, 2:10 PM EDT (18:10 UTC)

Expired

May 10, 2008, 9:00 PM EDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

3 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

20%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

10%

Ten or more severe wind reports

30%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

20%

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 858May 10, 12:28 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 864May 10, 4:26 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 869May 10, 8:14 PM EDT

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SPC WW 101815
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 294
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
210 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2008

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

       CENTRAL GEORGIA
       SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 210 PM UNTIL
900 PM EDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 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 5 MILES SOUTH OF LA GRANGE
GEORGIA TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA.  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 292...WW 293...

DISCUSSION...INITIATION OF STORMS IS UNDERWAY...ROOTED WITHIN AN
MODERATE TO STRONGLY UNSTABLE BOUNDARY LAYER WITH CAPE IN EXCESS OF
2000 J/KG.  IN THE PRESENCE OF STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR...A FEW
SUPERCELLS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON...PERHAPS GROWING UPSCALE INTO
A LARGER STORM CLUSTER NEAR SOUTH ATLANTIC COASTAL AREAS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON/EARLY THIS EVENING...AIDED BY WEAK IMPULSE ROUNDING FLAT
SUBTROPICAL RIDGE.  DESPITE SOMEWHAT MARGINAL LOW-LEVEL
HODOGRAPHS...THE BOUNDARY LAYER APPEARS SUPPORTIVE OF ISOLATED
TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO THE RISK FOR LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 28035.


...KERR

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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.