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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 23

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1000 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1000 AM UNTIL

  400 PM EST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS LIKELY WITH A FEW SIGNIFICANT GUSTS

    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE

  A FEW LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

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

ROANOKE RAPIDS NORTH CAROLINA TO 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA.  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 22...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS/SQLN EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN OVER PIEDMONT NC AND

NRN SC LATER THIS MORNING IN RESPONSE TO CONTINUED SFC HEATING AND

CONTINUED NE MOTION OF TN VLY UPR VORT. INTENSITY OF WIND FIELD AND

PRESENCE OF SUFFICIENT MOISTURE FOR ROBUST STORMS SUGGEST RISK FOR

LEWPS/BOWS WITH AN ATTENDANT RISK FOR DMGG WIND AND POSSIBLY

TORNADOES.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23050.





...CORFIDI

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