Tornado Watch 19

Issued

Jan 30, 2013, 8:11 AM EST (13:11 UTC)

Expired

Jan 30, 2013, 3:00 PM EST

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

50%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

30%

Ten or more severe wind reports

30%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

Ten or more severe hail reports

5%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

5%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

70%

• Mesoscale Discussion 93Jan 30, 7:38 AM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 97Jan 30, 11:09 AM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 98Jan 30, 12:50 PM EST

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WWUS20 KWNS 301311
SEL9  
SPC WW 301311
GAZ000-NCZ000-SCZ000-302100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 19
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
810 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

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

       NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
       FAR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
       FAR NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 810 AM UNTIL
400 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 65 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 80 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
ATHENS GEORGIA TO 55 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MACON 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...CONTINUE...WW 14...WW 15...WW 16...WW
17...WW 18...

DISCUSSION...PRE-FRONTAL BANDS OF CONVECTION CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN
COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS MORNING FROM CNTRL/ERN AL INTO WRN
GA...AS LOW-LEVEL CONFLUENCE IS ENHANCED DOWNSTREAM FROM THE
UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH.  THE 12Z SOUNDINGS FROM BHM AND FFC SHOWED THE
PRESENCE OF A MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER WITH MLCAPE RANGING FROM AROUND
250 J/KG OVER NRN GA...TO AROUND 1000 J/KG OVER CNTRL AL.  THE ONSET
OF BOUNDARY LAYER WARMING WILL SUPPORT A GRADUAL INCREASE IN
INSTABILITY TODAY...AND WHEN COUPLED WITH THE STRONG LOW-LEVEL AND
DEEP-LAYER SHEAR OBSERVED BY THESE SOUNDINGS...THE SETUP WILL BE
SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF 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 22040.


...MEAD

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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.