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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 4

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1150 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

  CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1150 AM UNTIL

  600 PM EST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROANOKE

RAPIDS NORTH CAROLINA TO 15 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF AUGUSTA

GEORGIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 1...WW 2...WW 3...



DISCUSSION...PRE-FRONTAL SQUALL LINE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EWD

THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.  THE STORMS WILL ENCOUNTER A LITTLE GREATER

INSTABILITY WITH EWD EXTENT AND LOW-LEVEL SHEAR WILL REMAIN

STRONG...THUS A FEW EMBEDDED CIRCULATIONS/TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE

WITHIN THE LINE...AS WELL AS WITH ANY MORE ISOLATED STORMS THAT FORM

E OF THE LINE.  OTHERWISE...DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN RISK

GIVEN THE OBSERVATIONS OF 50-70 KT WINDS JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE.



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 25045.





...THOMPSON

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