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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 475
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   220 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
          SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 220 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM EDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 60 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45 STATUTE
   MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAVANNAH
   GEORGIA TO 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   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.
   
   DISCUSSION...T.S. ALBERTO WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY NEWD INTO S
   CENTRAL/SE GA THROUGH THIS EVENING.  IN ADVANCE OF THE CYCLONE
   CENTER...SEVERAL CONVECTIVE BANDS ARE EXPANDING NWD/NEWD WHILE
   INDIVIDUAL STORMS MOVE NWD ALONG THE BANDS.  THE STRONGEST LOW-LEVEL
   SHEAR IS PRESENT NEAR THE SAVANNAH RIVER AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO
   SHIFT NWD ACROSS COASTAL SC.  ALSO...A FEW BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS HAVE
   ALLOWED SURFACE TEMPERATURES TO WARM AND THE LOW LEVELS TO
   DESTABILIZE SOME NEAR THE SC COAST.  PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT
   THE MORE CELLULAR STORMS OFFSHORE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SURVIVE WHILE
   MOVING INLAND FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...AND THE STRONGER
   STORMS MAY PRODUCE A COUPLE OF TORNADOES.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 18035.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON