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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 577

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

540 PM EST TUE NOV 26 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA

  SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 540

  PM UNTIL 100 AM EST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WITH A FEW SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75

    MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF

WAYCROSS GEORGIA TO 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILMINGTON NORTH

CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 576...



DISCUSSION...AMIDST FAVORABLE HODOGRAPHS AND DEEP-SHEAR

ENVIRONMENT...LOW-LEVEL AIR MASS FCST TO DESTABILIZE ENOUGH TO YIELD

AT LEAST MRGLLY FAVORABLE BUOYANCY ACROSS WW AREA...FROM

SW-NE...THROUGH REMAINDER EVENING.  SEVERAL SUPERCELLS AND SMALL

BOWS ARE POSSIBLE WITH TORNADO AND DAMAGING-WIND RISKS.  REF SPC

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2044 FOR ADDITIONAL NEAR-TERM DETAILS.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.





...EDWARDS

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