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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 935

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

125 PM EST SAT NOV 15 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       MUCH OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 125 PM UNTIL

800 PM EST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS

TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

GOLDSBORO NORTH CAROLINA TO 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF CAPE

HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH

SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 934...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF COLD FRONT MOVING

EWD ACROSS CENTRAL NC WHERE AIR MASS CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE.  WITH

THE APPROACH OF THE VERY STRONG UPPER TROUGH FROM THE WEST AND

IMPRESSIVE DEEP LAYER SHEAR...POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS

INCLUDING SUPERCELLS WILL INCREASE FROM W TO E ACROSS THE WATCH THIS

AFTERNOON.  PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE  DAMAGING WINDS BUT ISOLATED

TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...PRIMARILY ASSOCIATED WITH SUPERCELLS

THAT DEVELOP.



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 450.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.





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