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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 150

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

250 PM EDT SUN APR 15 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 250 PM UNTIL 800

PM EDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

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

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF CAPE

HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTHERN PINES 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...CONTINUE...WW 147...WW 148...WW 149...



DISCUSSION...RAPID CLEARING IS OCCURRING BEHIND INITIAL LINE OF

THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN NC.  RE-DEVELOPMENT OF DEEP CONVECTION IS

OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL NC...WHICH SHOULD SPREAD EAST-NORTHEASTWARD

THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.  RESIDUAL DEWPOINT VALUES NEAR 70F AND

VERY STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL MAINTAIN A RISK OF HAIL...DAMAGING

WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.



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 24035.





...HART

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