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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 554

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1025 AM EST MON NOV 17 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1025 AM UNTIL

  600 PM EST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

JACKSONVILLE NORTH CAROLINA TO 45 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF

ELIZABETH CITY 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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 553...



DISCUSSION...SHOWERS/TSTMS FORMING ALONG SSW/NNE CONFLUENCE ZONE

OVER SRN AND ERN NC MAY SOMEWHAT INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND STRENGTH

THROUGH EARLY AFTN AS SFC HEATING AND APPRECIABLE LOW-LVL MOISTURE

INFLOW OCCUR BENEATH GLANCING INFLUENCE OF FAST-MOVING TN VLY UPR

IMPULSE. COMBINATION OF 80 KT SWLY DEEP SHEAR...PW AOA 1.25

INCHES...AND LIKELY DISCRETE/SEMI-DISCRETE STORMS SUGGESTS POTENTIAL

FOR A FEW SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF TORNADOES...LOCALLY DMGG WIND...AND

POSSIBLY MARGINALLY SVR HAIL BEFORE CONFLUENCE ZONE SHIFTS E OFF THE

CST LATER IN THE DAY.



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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685 

WWUS20 KWNS 171531

SEL4

SPC WW 171531

NCZ000-CWZ000-172300-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 554

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1025 AM EST MON NOV 17 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1025 AM UNTIL

  600 PM EST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

JACKSONVILLE NORTH CAROLINA TO 45 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF

ELIZABETH CITY 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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 553...



DISCUSSION...SHOWERS/TSTMS FORMING ALONG SSW/NNE CONFLUENCE ZONE

OVER SRN AND ERN NC MAY SOMEWHAT INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND STRENGTH

THROUGH EARLY AFTN AS SFC HEATING AND APPRECIABLE LOW-LVL MOISTURE

INFLOW OCCUR BENEATH GLANCING INFLUENCE OF FAST-MOVING TN VLY UPR

IMPULSE. COMBINATION OF 80 KT SWLY DEEP SHEAR...PW AOA 1.25

INCHES...AND LIKELY DISCRETE/SEMI-DISCRETE STORMS SUGGESTS POTENTIAL

FOR A FEW SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF TORNADOES...LOCALLY DMGG WIND...AND

POSSIBLY MARGINALLY SVR HAIL BEFORE CONFLUENCE ZONE SHIFTS E OFF THE

CST LATER IN THE DAY.



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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