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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 121

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

700 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 700 PM

UNTIL 100 AM EDT.



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 75 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST OF ELIZABETH CITY

NORTH CAROLINA TO 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW BERN NORTH CAROLINA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 119...WW 120...



DISCUSSION...BROKEN LINES/SMALL CLUSTERS OF EMBEDDED SUSTAINED

STORMS/SUPERCELLS NOW OVER ERN PARTS OF THE NC PIEDMONT AND

SANDHILLS MAY MOVE/DEVELOP ENE ACROSS THE ERN NC CSTL PLN LATER THIS

EVENING AS 90+ KT TN MID-LEVEL SPEED MAX CONTINUES EWD.  WHILE

INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN WEAK...INTENSE SHEAR...INCREASING UVV IN

EXIT REGION OF JET STREAK...AND PRESENCE OF EXISTING STORMS SUGGEST

AN ENE SPREAD OF SVR WIND/ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT.



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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.





...CORFIDI

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