New Tornado Watch for SE GA/Southern SC

[Stormsfury]

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SOUTH CAROLINA AREAL OUTLINE FOR TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 65
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
847 AM EST THU MAR 20 2003

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 65 HAS BEEN ISSUED AND IS
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM EST TODAY

IN SOUTH CAROLINA THE WATCH INCLUDES 7 OF 46 COUNTIES:

SCC013-015-019-029-035-049-053-202000-
IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA THE WATCH INCLUDES 7 OF 8 COUNTIES:
BEAUFORT... BERKELEY... CHARLESTON...
COLLETON... DORCHESTER... HAMPTON...
JASPER...

AND ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS.

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
GEORGIA AREAL OUTLINE FOR TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 65
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
843 AM EST THU MAR 20 2003

THIS TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EST AND INCLUDES 31
COUNTIES IN GEORGIA.


GAC019-027-071-075-173-185-275-201943-
...IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES...

LOWNDES BROOKS THOMAS LANIER
COLQUITT COOK BERRIEN
$$

GAC001-003-005-025-029-031-039-043-049-051-065-069-101-103-109-127-
161-179-183-191-229-267-299-305-201943-
...IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 24 COUNTIES...

CHARLTON CLINCH BRANTLEY ATKINSON
WARE PIERCE ECHOLS COFFEE
WAYNE APPLING JEFF DAVIS LONG
EVANS TATTNALL BACON CANDLER
EFFINGHAM BULLOCH CAMDEN GLYNN
MCINTOSH BRYAN CHATHAM LIBERTY
$$

Graphic coming shortly.

[Stormsfury]

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 65
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
840 AM EST THU MAR 20 2003

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 840 AM UNTIL 300
PM EST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF VALDOSTA GEORGIA TO 45 MILES
NORTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA.

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 64. WATCH NUMBER 64 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 840 AM EST.

DISCUSSION...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SWRN GA INTO ERN SC
IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SHIFT EWD...WITH NEW CELLS DEVELOPING
AHEAD OF THE LINE BY MID/LATE MORNING. STRONG HEATING OVER SERN GA
AND NRN FL WILL RESULT IN DEVELOPMENT OF SURFACE-BASED INSTABILITY
WITH CAPE TO 2000 J/KG. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY WITHIN
SEVERAL HOURS AS MID/UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK LIFTS NEWD FROM THE
LOWER MS VALLEY TOWARD THE SRN APPALACHIANS. CONTINUED STRONG LOW
LEVEL SHEAR/HELICITY SUGGESTS POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELLS TO DEVELOP
WITH THREAT FOR A FEW TORNADOES.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23040.


...WEISS

[Stormsfury]

1 inch diameter hail was reported on the Isle of Palms just Southeast of CHS around 8:30 am

Also 1 inch diameter hail reported 12 NW of my location in Jedburg, SC (about 5 NW of Summerville, SC)

NWUS52 KCHS 201345
LSRCHS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON, SC
845 AM EST THU MAR 20 2003

TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....

0816 AM JEDBURG SC 1.00 INCH HAIL
03/20/03 DORCHESTER REPORTED BY FORT HOOD FIRE
DEPT.

0830 AM ISLE OF PALMS SC 1.00 INCH HAIL
03/20/03 CHARLESTON

[Amanzi]

I just looked at the radar. That Squall line in S. GA looks really mean. :o:

Extract from NWS JAX

PUBLIC...WILL KEEP THIS BRIEF AS STRONG TO SVR STORMS NOW MOVING
INTO NW CWA (COUNTY WARNING AREA). TOR WATCH NUMBER 65 IN EFFECT TIL
3 PM FOR ALL OF SE GA ZONES. STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NE ALONG SQUALL
LINE WITH GOOD ROTATIONAL SIGNATURES (SOME ELEVATED).

Stay safe you people!