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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 6

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

215 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 215 PM UNTIL

  800 PM EST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MYRTLE

BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA TO 45 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF ELIZABETH CITY

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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 1...WW 2...WW 3...WW

4...WW 5...



DISCUSSION...SEVERAL BANDS OF CONVECTION WILL MOVE ACROSS THE

REMAINDER OF ERN NC/NE SC THROUGH THE AFTERNOON/EVENING.  VERY

STRONG LOW-LEVEL WINDS/SHEAR AND SUBSTANTIAL SURFACE-BASED

INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT A CONTINUED RISK FOR A FEW TORNADOES WITH

CIRCULATIONS EMBEDDED IN THE LINE SEGMENTS...OR WITH WARM SECTOR

SUPERCELLS...AS WELL AS DAMAGING WINDS.



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 24045.





...THOMPSON

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