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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 9

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1250 AM EST SAT JAN 6 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

       SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING FROM 1250 AM UNTIL 700 AM EST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 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 50 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

RICHMOND VIRGINIA TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELIZABETH CITY NORTH

CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 8...



DISCUSSION...SHALLOW MOIST CONVECTION CONTINUES TO REMAIN ORGANIZED

AHEAD OF EJECTING MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH.  THOUGH MARGINAL

INSTABILITY AND SHALLOW NATURE OF THE STORMS MAY LIMIT ACTIVE

LIGHTNING...LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES ARE QUITE

FAVORABLE FOR LOW LEVEL ROTATION AND THE THREAT OF TORNADOES.

ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS MAY BE ADDITIONAL HAZARD WITH THESE STORMS.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

350. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...EVANS

