Tornado Watch 548

Issued

Oct 14, 2014, 1:59 PM EDT (17:59 UTC)

Expired

Oct 15, 2014, 1:00 AM EDT

In force

11 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

0.5 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

50%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

10%

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 1893Oct 14, 1:31 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1895Oct 14, 6:29 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1896Oct 14, 9:24 PM EDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 141804
SEL8  
SPC WW 141804
GAZ000-NCZ000-SCZ000-VAZ000-150200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 548
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
200 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  CENTRAL AND NORTHERN GEORGIA
  WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  UPSTATE AND PIEDMONT SOUTH CAROLINA
  SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 200 PM UNTIL
  1000 PM EDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
ATHENS GEORGIA TO 40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF CHARLOTTE NORTH
CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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 546...WW 547...

DISCUSSION...SETUP MAY BECOME INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR SPORADIC
INSTANCES OF DMGG WIND AND TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF THE SRN AND CNTRL
APPALACHIANS AND ADJACENT PIEDMONT/CSTL PLN THIS AFTN AS MODEST SFC
HEATING DESTABILIZES STRONGLY-SHEARED ENVIRONMENT ALONG AND AHEAD OF
E TN/WRN GA COLD FRONT. STORM DEVELOPMENT MAY FOCUS ALONG THE
FRONT...AND ALONG REMNANT SQLN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ATTM EXTENDING NWD
FROM THE LWR SAVANNAH RVR VLY INTO WRN NC. STRENGTH OF DEEP SLY
FLOW...QUALITY OF LOW-LVL MOISTURE /PW AROUND 1.50-2.00
INCHES/...AND SLIGHTLY BACKED NEAR-SFC FLOW NEAR THE BOUNDARIES
SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR LOW AMPLITUDE LEWPS/TRANSIENT SUPERCELLS WITH
A RISK FOR DMGG WIND AND MAINLY SHORT-LIVED TORNADOES.

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
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21045.


...CORFIDI

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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.