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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 763

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

610 AM EST WED DEC 1 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND

       EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

       TIDEWATER VIRGINIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 610 AM UNTIL 1000 AM EST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 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 40 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

SALISBURY MARYLAND TO 20 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF NEW BERN 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 761...WW 762...



DISCUSSION...COLD FRONTAL BAND OF SHOWERS/TSTMS OVER SE VA AND

ADJACENT NC EXPECTED TO ACCELERATE ENE THROUGH LATER THIS MORNING AS

UPSTREAM SHORTWAVE IMPULSE ASSUMES MORE OF A NEGATIVE TILT...WHILE

BAND OF PREFRONTAL CONFLUENCE SHOWERS/STORMS CONTINUES MORE SLOWLY E

ACROSS FAR ERN NC.  WEAK BUOYANCY WILL LIMIT STORM COVERAGE...BUT

WIND PROFILES WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SMALL BOWS WITH DMGG WIND

AND SHORT-LIVED TORNADOES WITH ANY STRONGER/LONGER-LIVED UPDRAFT.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

300. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22050.





...CORFIDI

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