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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 103

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

255 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING FROM 255 AM UNTIL 900 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 65 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

GREENSBORO NORTH CAROLINA TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROCKY MOUNT

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 101...WW 102...



DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS WESTERN

NC...AND WILL TRAVERSE THE WATCH AREA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

 SUFFICIENT AND INCREASING LOW/MID WIND SHEAR COMBINED WITH 500-1000

J/KG OF CAPE WILL PROVIDE A CONDITIONAL RISK OF SEVERE STORMS

OVERNIGHT.  LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS OR A TORNADO ARE THE PRIMARY

RISKS.



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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...HART

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