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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 121

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

705 AM EDT MON APR 6 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

       CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 705 AM UNTIL 100

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 70 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

FAYETTEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

ORANGEBURG SOUTH 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.



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND

INTENSITY THIS MORNING OVER WATCH AREA...WHERE RAPID MOISTURE RETURN

HAS RESULTED IN MODERATE INSTABILITY.  STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL WINDS

WILL PROVIDE A FAVORABLE VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILE FOR SUPERCELL STORM

STRUCTURES AND THE POSSIBILITY OF 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 24040.





...HART

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