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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 44

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

805 PM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 805 PM

  UNTIL 100 AM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A FEW LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

FAYETTEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROANOKE

RAPIDS NORTH CAROLINA.  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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 43...



DISCUSSION...A FEW TSTMS EXPECTED TO PERSIST/FORM ALONG SSW-NNE

CONFLUENCE ZONE NOW NEAR THE I-95 CORRIDOR IN NE SC AND ERN NC AS

STRONG HEIGHT FALLS/ASCENT ON LEADING EDGE OF AMPLIFYING TN VLY

TROUGH OVERSPREAD REGION. ASSOCIATED STRENGTHENING OF DEEP SHEAR AND

MODEST SLY SFC FLOW MAY SUPPORT A FEW CELLS WITH LOW-LVL

MESOCYCLONES AND A CONDITIONAL RISK FOR A TORNADO OR TWO...IN

ADDITION TO MARGINALLY SVR HAIL/WIND.



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 400.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23040.





...CORFIDI

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