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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 68

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

205 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEAST FLORIDA

  EASTERN GEORGIA

  SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

  EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 205 PM UNTIL

  900 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF WILMINGTON

NORTH CAROLINA TO 45 MILES SOUTH OF WAYCROSS GEORGIA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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 67...



DISCUSSION...LONG-LIVED QLCS OVER CNTRL GA WILL CONTINUE EWD ACROSS

SRN PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING. FARTHER

TO THE NORTH...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG A

COMPOSITE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY-WEDGE FRONT OVER THE EASTERN CAROLINAS

THIS AFTERNOON. VERTICAL SHEAR WILL REMAIN STRONG AND SUPPORTIVE OF

EMBEDDED SUPERCELL AND BOWING STRUCTURES WITH A RISK FOR A FEW

TORNADOES AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS.



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

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





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