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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 830
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1220 PM EDT THU SEP 16 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN GEORGIA
          SOUTH CAROLINA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1220 PM UNTIL
   900 PM EDT.
   
   TORNADOES...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS
   LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 105 STATUTE MILES EAST AND
   WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA SOUTH
   CAROLINA TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA.
   
   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 829...WW 828...
   
   DISCUSSION...THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE
   INTO THE AFTERNOON. AS THE ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES TO
   DESTABILIZE...STORMS SHOULD GRADUALLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY WITH
   POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE ISOLATED TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY AS THEY MOVE
   NWD AND INTERACT WITH THE ENHANCED LOW LEVEL SHEAR IN VICINITY OF AN
   E-W BOUNDARY OVER SC.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXTREME
   TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI
   WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 17030.
   
   
   ...DIAL/EVANS