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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 282

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

720 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

       UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 720 PM

UNTIL 100 AM 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 80 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

GREENSBORO NORTH CAROLINA TO 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

SPARTANBURG SOUTH CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE

WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 279...WW 280...WW 281...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING ISOLATED SUPERCELLS...ARE

EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS WW THIS EVENING AHEAD OF STRONG UPPER

SYSTEM.  SHEAR WILL BECOME QUITE STRONG AS SSWLY LLJ INTENSIFIES

THIS EVENING... POSING A RISK OF TORNADOES ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS

AND LARGE HAIL.



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 24035.





...EVANS

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