Tornado Watch 546 on 14 October 2014

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Tornado Watch #546 issued at 1100 UTC 14 October 2014

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   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 546
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   700 AM EDT TUE OCT 14 2014

   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

   * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     EASTERN GEORGIA
     WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
     CENTRAL AND WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
     COASTAL WATERS

   * EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 700 AM UNTIL
     200 PM EDT.

   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
     SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
       TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE

   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE
   MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES EAST OF VIDALIA GEORGIA
   TO 20 MILES WEST OF HICKORY NORTH CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE
   DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

   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 544...WW 545...

   DISCUSSION...QLCS WITH LONG HISTORY OF EPISODIC DAMAGING WIND AND
   EMBEDDED MESOCIRCULATIONS IS EXPECTED TO PROCEED NEWD INTO AND
   ACROSS WW AREA.  FOREGOING AIR MASS WILL BE MARGINALLY BUT
   SUPPORTIVELY UNSTABLE INITIALLY...WITH ADDITIONAL DESTABILIZATION
   FORECAST FROM THETAE ADVECTION AND MUTED SFC HEATING...AMIDST
   FAVORABLE LOW-LEVEL AND BULK SHEAR.  REF SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION
   1889 FOR MORE METEOROLOGICAL DETAILS.

   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.


   ...EDWARDS

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