Tornado Watch 39

Issued

Mar 28, 2010, 10:58 PM EDT (02:58 UTC)

Expired

Mar 29, 2010, 5:00 AM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1.5 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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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

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 221Mar 28, 7:19 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 223Mar 28, 10:13 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 224Mar 29, 12:25 AM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 225Mar 29, 1:54 AM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 227Mar 29, 3:01 AM EDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 290258
SEL9
SPC WW 290258
GAZ000-NCZ000-SCZ000-VAZ000-290900-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 39
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1100 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010

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

       EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
       CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
       CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
       SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 1100 PM UNTIL
500 AM EDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 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 60 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
ROCKY MOUNT NORTH CAROLINA TO 65 MILES WEST OF AUGUSTA GEORGIA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 37...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 38. WATCH NUMBER 37 38
WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1100 PM EDT.

DISCUSSION...BROKEN BANDS OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS WILL PERSIST
OVERNIGHT ALONG THE STALLED WEDGE FRONT ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF
NC/SC...AND ALONG A PRE-FRONTAL CONFLUENCE BAND FROM CENTRAL GA INTO
SC.  INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN AT LEAST MARGINALLY SUFFICIENT FOR
SURFACE-BASED STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING
WINDS...WHILE STRONG LOW-LEVEL SHEAR WILL FAVOR THE POTENTIAL FOR A
COUPLE OF TORNADOES WITH THE STRONGER SUPERCELLS.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
350. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.


...THOMPSON

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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.