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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 760

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

955 PM EST TUE NOV 30 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EXTREME EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

       WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

       THE PIEDMONT AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

       EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 955 PM

UNTIL 400 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 55 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

GREENSBORO NORTH CAROLINA TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AUGUSTA

GEORGIA.  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 759. WATCH NUMBER 759 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER

955 PM EST.



DISCUSSION...A BAND OF LOW-TOPPED CONVECTION ALONG A COLD FRONT WILL

PROGRESS EWD/NEWD OVERNIGHT ACROSS SC/NC/VA IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG

MIDLEVEL TROUGH EJECTING NEWD FROM THE LOWER MS VALLEY.  DESPITE

LIMITED INSTABILITY...STRONG LOW-MIDLEVEL FLOW/SHEAR WILL CONTRIBUTE

TO A RISK FOR AT LEAST ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS WITH THE STRONGER

EMBEDDED STORMS.  A TORNADO OR TWO MAY ALSO OCCUR WHERE INSTABILITY

IS BASED NEAR THE SURFACE...GIVEN THE MOIST ENVIRONMENT AND 0-1 KM

SRH AOA 400 M2/S2.



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 22045.





...THOMPSON

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