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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 83

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

100 AM EDT Wed Apr 3 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of 

  Eastern and South-Central Georgia

  South Carolina



* Effective this Wednesday morning from 100 AM until 800 AM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Storms are expected to strengthen and move into the region

overnight as an increasingly moist air mass spreads northeastward

regionally.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

east and west of a line from 80 miles north of Augusta GA to 55

miles south of Macon GA. For a complete depiction of the watch see

the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 82...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean

storm motion vector 24040.



...Guyer