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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 811

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1040 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       DELAWARE

       EASTERN MARYLAND

       SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY

       SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1040 AM UNTIL

800 PM EDT.



TORNADOES...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH...AND DANGEROUS

LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORFOLK

VIRGINIA TO 15 MILES NORTH OF ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY.  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 810...



DISCUSSION...SEVERAL CONVECTIVE BANDS TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER OF

HURRICANE IRENE CONTINUE TO CONTAIN SMALL ROTATING CELLS.  THESE ARE

MOVING ONSHORE INTO THE TIDEWATER NEAR VIRGINIA BEACH AND EAST OF

CHESAPEAKE BAY OVER COASTAL VA AND MD.  A THREAT FOR A FEW TORNADOES

WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT NWD ALONG THE COAST AS IRENE MOVES NNEWD PER

LATEST NHC FORECAST.



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

TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI

WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 11040.





...WEISS

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