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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 293

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

200 PM EDT MON JUN 10 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

  DELAWARE

  MUCH OF MARYLAND

  NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA

  SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY

  SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

  MUCH OF VIRGINIA

  THE EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 200 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES LIKELY

  NUMEROUS DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 105 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH

HILL VIRGINIA TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILMINGTON DELAWARE.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 292...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP/PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVE

ALONG THE NRN EXTENSIONS OF THE SAME THE CONFLUENCE AXES RESPONSIBLE

FOR STORMS NOW IN THE CAROLINAS. WHILE MID-LVL LAPSE RATES WILL

REMAIN MODEST...SFC HEATING AND FAIRLY RICH LOW-LVL MOISTURE SHOULD

YIELD SUFFICIENT BUOYANCY FOR SUSTAINED STORMS AND POSSIBLE

SUPERCELLS GIVEN STRENGTHENING MID-LVL FLOW /WITH SWLY 500 MB FLOW

AROUND 50 KTS/ AND ASCENT EXPECTED WITH THE CONTINUED EWD MOVEMENT

OF TN VLY UPR TROUGH. POTENTIAL FOR LOW-LVL MESOCYCLONES MAY BE

ENHANCED NEAR DIFFUSE WARM FRONT IN SE PA/NE MD/DE.



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 500.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23030.





...CORFIDI

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