Tornado Watch 952

Issued

Dec 11, 2008, 11:00 AM EST (16:00 UTC)

Expired

Dec 11, 2008, 7:00 PM EST

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:59 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

30%

Ten or more severe wind reports

70%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

20%

Ten or more severe hail reports

10%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

5%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

95%

• Mesoscale Discussion 2446Dec 11, 8:24 AM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 2448Dec 11, 10:01 AM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 2452Dec 11, 1:28 PM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 2455Dec 11, 3:57 PM EST

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 952
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1100 AM EST THU DEC 11 2008

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

       CENTRAL AND SRN NORTH CAROLINA
       MOST OF SOUTH CAROLINA
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1100 AM UNTIL
700 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 80 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
SOUTHERN PINES NORTH CAROLINA TO 40 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH
SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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 950...WW 951...

DISCUSSION...LINE OF STORMS LOCATED ALONG COLD FRONT IN ERN GA/NRN
FL WILL MOVE NEWD AND LIKELY ACCELERATE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS
UPPER LOW IN SRN MS BEGINS TO LIFT NEWD. STRONG ENVIRONMENTAL WINDS
AND LINEAR NATURE INDICATE OF CONVECTION THAT WIND DAMAGE SHOULD BE
THE PRIMARY THREAT. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE LOWER
70S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE MID/UPPER 60S...COMBINED WITH 40-50 KT OF
LOW LEVEL SHEAR...WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF A FEW TORNADOES.

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 400.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 20040.


...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.