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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 16

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

910 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 910 PM

UNTIL 300 AM EST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 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 40 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA TO 35 MILES NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS

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

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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.



DISCUSSION...DEEPENING SURFACE LOW W OF ILM WILL DEVELOP NEWD ACROSS

FAR ERN NC ALONG ATTENDANT WARM FRONT THROUGH 06Z.  SIGNIFICANT

PRESSURE FALLS IN ADVANCE OF THIS FEATURE ARE ENHANCING ONSHORE FLOW

OF AN INCREASINGLY MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER.  THIS DESTABILIZATION

COUPLED WITH THE STRONG...AMBIENT SHEAR IN PLACE INDICATES A THREAT

FOR LOW-TOPPED SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND PERHAPS

A TORNADO OR TWO.



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

300. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22040.





...MEAD/IMY

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