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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 8

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

555 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

       NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 555 PM

UNTIL 100 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 75 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF

FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA TO 50 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF NEW BERN

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

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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 5...WW 6...WW 7...



DISCUSSION...LARGE AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL

CONTINUE ADVANCING NEWD ACROSS WW INTO THE LATE EVENING AHEAD OF

EJECTING UPPER TROUGH.  AREA REMAINS WITHIN WARM/MOIST AIR MASS

CHARACTERIZED BY MID TO UPPER 60F SURFACE DEW POINTS.  THIS WILL

ENHANCE BOTH INSTABILITY AND THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES AS

SHEAR REMAINS VERY STRONG.



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

400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...EVANS

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