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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 117

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

230 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 230 PM UNTIL

  900 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

GREENSBORO NORTH CAROLINA TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF ELIZABETH CITY

NORTH CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 116...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS

CENTRAL/ERN NC THIS AFTERNOON ALONG A SLOW-MOVING WARM FRONT.

VERTICAL SHEAR AND INSTABILITY HAVE BECOME SUFFICIENT FOR SUPERCELLS

ALONG THE BOUNDARY...WHERE ENHANCED LOW-LEVEL SHEAR WILL PROMOTE THE

RISK FOR A FEW TORNADOES.  OTHERWISE...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED

DAMAGING GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER SUSTAINED STORMS.



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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22015.





...THOMPSON

