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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 870

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

915 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 915 AM UNTIL

500 PM EDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS

TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 125 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

ROANOKE RAPIDS NORTH CAROLINA TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

JACKSONVILLE NORTH CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE

WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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 869. WATCH NUMBER 869 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER

915 AM EDT.



DISCUSSION...TSTMS...INCLUDING POSSIBLE SUPERCELLS/SUSTAINED

STORMS...EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN ZONE OF ASCENT AND SFC HEATING

AHEAD OF VORT LOBE ASSOCIATED WITH T.D. FAY REMNANTS.  RICH MOISTURE

AVAILABILITY AND MODERATE DEGREE OF LOW LVL DIRECTIONAL SHEAR

SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR ISOLD TORNADOES.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22030.





...CORFIDI

