Tornado Watch 4

Issued

Jan 11, 2014, 11:50 AM EST (16:50 UTC)

Expired

Jan 11, 2014, 6:00 PM EST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

0.5 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:51 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

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

50%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

20%

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

80%

• Mesoscale Discussion 17Jan 11, 9:22 AM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 18Jan 11, 11:12 AM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 19Jan 11, 12:17 PM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 22Jan 11, 2:04 PM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 25Jan 11, 4:14 PM EST

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WWUS20 KWNS 111651
SEL4  
SPC WW 111651
GAZ000-NCZ000-SCZ000-112300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 4
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1150 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
  CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1150 AM UNTIL
  600 PM EST.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROANOKE
RAPIDS NORTH CAROLINA TO 15 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF AUGUSTA
GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 1...WW 2...WW 3...

DISCUSSION...PRE-FRONTAL SQUALL LINE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EWD
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.  THE STORMS WILL ENCOUNTER A LITTLE GREATER
INSTABILITY WITH EWD EXTENT AND LOW-LEVEL SHEAR WILL REMAIN
STRONG...THUS A FEW EMBEDDED CIRCULATIONS/TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITHIN THE LINE...AS WELL AS WITH ANY MORE ISOLATED STORMS THAT FORM
E OF THE LINE.  OTHERWISE...DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN RISK
GIVEN THE OBSERVATIONS OF 50-70 KT WINDS JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25045.


...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.