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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 25

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1215 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1215 PM UNTIL

  700 PM EST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  NUMEROUS DAMAGING WIND GUSTS LIKELY WITH A FEW SIGNIFICANT GUSTS

    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

ELIZABETH CITY NORTH CAROLINA TO 40 MILES EAST OF WILMINGTON

NORTH CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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...WW 23...WW 24...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS NOW FORMING INVOF SUB-SYNOPTIC WAVE ALONG

PRE-FRONTAL SQLN OVER ERN SC AND THE NC SAND HILLS EXPECTED TO

MOVE/DEVELOP NE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE NC CSTL PLN LATER THIS

AFTN. VERY STRONG SWLY MID/UPR-LVL FLOW...MODEST SFC HEATING...AND

CONVERGENCE ALONG EXISTING STORM OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES EXPECTED TO

SUPPORT EMBEDDED LEWPS/BOWS WITH AN ATTENDANT RISK FOR DMGG

WIND/POSSIBLE 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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