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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 91

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

120 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 120 PM UNTIL

  900 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 120 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTHEAST OF SOUTH

HILL VIRGINIA TO 10 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF FAYETTEVILLE NORTH

CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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DISCUSSION...STORMS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE WITHIN THE ERN NC/SE VA

WARM SECTOR THIS AFTERNOON...AS WELL AS ALONG THE COLD FRONT LATER

THIS AFTERNOON INTO CENTRAL NC/S CENTRAL VA.  THE ENVIRONMENT WILL

FAVOR SUPERCELLS WITH A RISK FOR TORNADOES GIVEN THE INCREASE IN

INSTABILITY AND VERTICAL WIND SHEAR THIS AFTERNOON...AND AN ISOLATED

STRONG TORNADO OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE.  OTHERWISE...DAMAGING WINDS

AND HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS THROUGH THIS

EVENING.



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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25030.





...THOMPSON

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