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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 932

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1025 PM EST FRI NOV 14 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA

       EASTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 1025 PM

UNTIL 600 AM EST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 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 65 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA TO 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF FLORENCE 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 931...



DISCUSSION...LONG-LIVED BROKEN BAND OF TSTMS NOW OVER CNTRL SC

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING NNE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY.  STRONGEST

STORMS MAY CONTINUE TO BE CONFINED TO INTERSECTION OF THAT BAND WITH

DIFFUSE WARM FRONT EXTENDING NNE FROM NEAR CAE TO NEAR FLO.  AREA

VWP DATA SHOW LOW LVL WINDS INCREASING ACROSS WW...PROBABLY IN

RESPONSE TO APPROACH/ACCELERATION OF NERN GULF VORT MAX AND

AMPLIFICATION OF LARGER SCALE TROUGH OVER THE ERN U.S.  GIVEN

COMBINATION OF STRENGTHENING LOW LVL SHEAR AND FACT THAT LOW LVL

ENVIRONMENT WILL FURTHER WARM/MOISTEN DOWNSTREAM INTO ERN SC/SRN

NC...SETUP MAY SUPPORT AN INCREASING THREAT FOR ISOLD DMGG WINDS

AND/OR TORNADOES.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22040.





...CORFIDI

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