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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 103

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

400 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

       EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM 400 AM UNTIL 1100 AM EDT.



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 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF ELIZABETH

CITY NORTH CAROLINA TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MYRTLE BEACH

SOUTH 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 98...WW 100...WW 101...WW

102...



DISCUSSION...QLCS WITH EMBEDDED BOWS/LEWPS WILL PROGRESS RAPIDLY EWD

ACROSS WW AREA EARLY THIS MORNING.  THE EXTREMELY STRONG WIND FIELD

WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF DOWNWARD MOMENTUM TRANSFER AND A RESULTANT

DAMAGING WIND THREAT.  TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY

EMBEDDED MESOVORTICIES.



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

400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27050.





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