Tornado Watch 855

Issued

Aug 22, 2008, 10:48 AM EDT (14:48 UTC)

Expired

Aug 22, 2008, 10:00 PM EDT

In force

11 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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• Mesoscale Discussion 2132Aug 22, 9:59 AM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 2133Aug 22, 4:13 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 2137Aug 22, 8:45 PM EDT

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 855
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1050 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008

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

       PARTS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA
       LARGE PART OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
       MUCH OF SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1050 AM UNTIL 600
PM EDT.

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

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
VALDOSTA GEORGIA TO 95 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON 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.

DISCUSSION...WITH STRONG SHEAR PROFILES N SIDE OF T.S. FAY AND VERY
HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER AND MARGINAL INSTABILITY SPREADING WWD
ACROSS SRN GA...CONDITIONS ARE BECOMING MORE FAVORABLE FOR BRIEF
TORNADOES WITH ANY ROTATING CELLS  THAT DEVELOPS.  PRIMARY THREAT
WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH CONVECTIVE BANDS THAT ARE MOVING RAPIDLY WWD
FROM OFFSHORE ACROSS THE GA/SRN SC COAST.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXTREME
TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI
WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 09035.


...HALES

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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.