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WWUS20 KWNS 282137

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SPC WW 282137

NCZ000-SCZ000-CWZ000-290400-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 92

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

540 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

       NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON FROM 540 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT 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 85 STATUTE

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

BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA TO 55 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF CAPE HATTERAS

NORTH 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 89...WW 90...WW 91...



DISCUSSION...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SC WILL TRACK

EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS WATCH AREA THIS EVENING.  AIRMASS ACROSS

THE REGION IS RATHER MOIST AND SUFFICIENTLY UNSTABLE WITH A RISK OF

A FEW BOW/LEWP STRUCTURES AND SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS

AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.



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.





...HART

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