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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 286

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

100 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHERN MARYLAND

  EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  EASTERN VIRGINIA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 100 PM UNTIL

  800 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES LIKELY

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 115 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

NORFOLK VIRGINIA TO 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW BERN NORTH

CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 285. WATCH NUMBER 285 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER

100 PM EDT.



DISCUSSION...SHOWERS/TSTMS WITH A POTENTIAL FOR LOW-LVL ROTATION

EXPECTED TO PERSIST N AND E OF TS ANDREA AS THAT SYSTEM CONTINUES

NEWD THROUGH THIS EVE. THE STRONGEST LOW-LVL SPEED AND DIRECTIONAL

SHEAR...AND GREATEST RISK FOR TORNADOES...SHOULD FOCUS ALONG SW-NE

FRONTAL ZONE ATTM EXTENDING FROM N OF RAH THROUGH SE VA TO NEAR SBY.

SOME RISK FOR DMGG WIND AND PERHAPS A TORNADO OR TWO ALSO WILL EXIST

WITH CONVECTION/POSSIBLE STORMS FORMING ALONG S-N ORIENTED

CONFLUENCE BANDS E OF CIRCULATION CENTER...WHERE DIRECTIONAL SHEAR

IS WEAKER BUT SFC HEATING WILL BE MAXIMIZED.



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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 20035.





...CORFIDI

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