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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 933

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1225 AM EST SAT NOV 15 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING FROM 1225 AM UNTIL 800 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 95 STATUTE

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

NORTH CAROLINA TO 45 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF ELIZABETH CITY NORTH

CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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...WW 932...



DISCUSSION...BROKEN BAND OF TSTMS NOW OVER WRN PARTS OF THE SC CSTL

PLNS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE NEWD...WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS POSSIBLY

FORMING ON NRN SIDE OF CONVECTIVE SYSTEM AS IT INTERACTS WITH SW-NE

WARM FRONT OVER THE NC PIEDMONT.  FORCING FOR ASCENT...DEEP

SHEAR...AND LOW LVL SHEAR EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS WW LATER THIS

MORNING AS FL PANHANDLE UPR VORT ACCELERATES NEWD.  COUPLED WITH

INFLUX OF WRN ATLANTIC BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE...SETUP COULD YIELD

SEMI-DISCRETE STORMS/ADDITIONAL BROKEN LINE SEGMENTS THAT POSE A

THREAT FOR TORNADOES...IN ADDITION TO DMGG WIND.



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 22045.





...CORFIDI

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