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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 952

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1100 AM EST THU DEC 11 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND SRN NORTH CAROLINA

       MOST OF SOUTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1100 AM UNTIL

700 PM 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 80 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

SOUTHERN PINES NORTH CAROLINA TO 40 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

CHARLESTON 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 950...WW 951...



DISCUSSION...LINE OF STORMS LOCATED ALONG COLD FRONT IN ERN GA/NRN

FL WILL MOVE NEWD AND LIKELY ACCELERATE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS

UPPER LOW IN SRN MS BEGINS TO LIFT NEWD. STRONG ENVIRONMENTAL WINDS

AND LINEAR NATURE INDICATE OF CONVECTION THAT WIND DAMAGE SHOULD BE

THE PRIMARY THREAT. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE LOWER

70S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE MID/UPPER 60S...COMBINED WITH 40-50 KT OF

LOW LEVEL SHEAR...WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF A FEW 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 400.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 20040.





...IMY

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