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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 699

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1010 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHERN AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

       EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1010 AM UNTIL

500 PM EST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS

TO 75 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 SOUTH OF FLORENCE SOUTH

CAROLINA TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS 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.



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NEWD ACROSS SOUTHERN

AND EASTERN NC AND EASTERN SC THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AS A WARM

FRONT MOVES INLAND RESULTING IN A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR SURFACE

BASED ACTIVITY.  DESPITE WEAK INSTABILITY...STRONG FORCING FOR

ASCENT WILL SPREAD ACROSS THIS REGION AS A PROGRESSIVE SHORTWAVE

TROUGH BECOMES NEGATIVELY TILTED...MOVING TOWARD THE ATLANTIC COAST.

STRONG VERTICALLY VEERING WINDS WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELLS WITH A FEW

TORNADOES POSSIBLE.  DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO BE A THREAT.



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

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

GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22040.





...PETERS/EDWARDS

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