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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 392

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

950 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 950 PM

  UNTIL 800 AM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF ELIZABETH

CITY NORTH CAROLINA TO 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW BERN NORTH

CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 390...WW 391...



DISCUSSION...HURRICANE ARTHUR CONTINUES TO TRACK NORTHEASTWARD ALONG

THE NC COAST.  SMALL ROTATING STORMS EMBEDDED IN THE OUTER BANDS OF

THE HURRICANE WILL POSE A RISK OF TORNADOES OVERNIGHT ACROSS EASTERN

NC.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 16045.





...HART

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