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Severe (tornado + wind) event looming: 01/30-01/31 Wed.-Thursday


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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 21  

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  

120 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013  

 

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A  

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF  

 

SOUTHEAST ALABAMA  

WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA  

WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA  

UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA  

 

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 120 PM UNTIL  

800 PM EST.  

 

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS  

TO 75 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.  

 

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE  

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF  

HICKORY NORTH CAROLINA TO 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF DOTHAN  

ALABAMA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE  

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).  

 

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 18...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 19. WATCH NUMBER 18 19  

WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 120 PM EST.  

 

DISCUSSION...THE PRE-FRONTAL SQUALL LINE CONTINUES TO ORGANIZE FROM  

E CENTRAL AL INTO N GA...WITH OTHER MORE ISOLATED STORMS CONTINUING  

TO FORM IN THE WARM SECTOR AND MERGE INTO THE BAND. INSTABILITY AND  

VERTICAL SHEAR REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS/TORNADOES WITH THE  

WARM SECTOR STORMS...WHILE DAMAGING WINDS AND EMBEDDED CIRCULATIONS  

WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE CONVECTIVE BAND. THE SEVERE RISK WILL  

BEGIN TO SPREAD NEWD ACROSS UPSTATE SC AND WRN NC AS THE LOW LEVELS  

DESTABILIZE AND THE SYNOPTIC SYSTEM EJECTS NEWD FROM THE LOWER MS  

VALLEY THROUGH THIS EVENING.

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thanks it should get broken up by the 5000ft peaks it has to climb over. The winds have just been blasting all day trees down everywhere and flooding

 

Please don't rely on the orographical features of the area to keep you safe. Heed all warnings posted for your location.

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