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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 889

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

440 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       MUCH OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

       MUCH OF EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 440 PM

UNTIL 500 AM EDT.



TORNADOES...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS

LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELIZABETH CITY

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

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 888...



DISCUSSION...AS T.S. HANNA TRACKS NWD FOR LANDFALL ON CAROLINA COAST

OVERNIGHT...FAVORABLE SHEAR AND THERMODYNAMICS FOR TORNADIC

SUPERCELLS WILL BE INCREASING.  CURRENTLY BANDS OF CONVECTION

CONTINUE TO ROTATE ONSHORE CAROLINA COAST AND WITH SFC-1KM SHEAR

CURRENTLY 25-30KT ISOLATED BRIEF TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.  BY EVENING

THE THREAT WILL BE INCREASING AS SHEAR RAMPS UP TO 40-50KT MUCH OF

COASTAL AREA AND SPREADS INLAND ALONG WITH THE DEEPER TROPICAL AIR

MASS.



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

TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI

WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 13035.





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