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FPUS03 KMHX 031442
AFDMHX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1040 AM EDT THU SEP 3 1998

RAH: UP POPS TO NEAR CATEGORICAL ALL AREAS THIS AFTN AND LOW MAX
TEMPS. 

DISCUSSION: EARL MOVING MUCH FASTER THAN FCST AND RAIN WILL BE
WIDESPREAD OVER MOST OF COAST BY EVE. FAST MOVEMENT OF STORM WILL
PRECLUDE EXCESSIVELY HEAVY RAINS AND WITH HIGH FF GDNC VALUES... 
BELIEVE FF WATCH NOT NEEDED THIS AREA. CWA WILL BE IN FAVORABLE AREA
FOR TORNADO DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTN AND EVE. 

CWF: PER COORD WITH ILM AND RAH...RAISE SCA FOR HAT S WITH BEEF UP
OF WORDING ON WINDS AND SEAS. CAN HOLD OFF ON SCA FOR N COAST UNTIL
AFTN PKG. 

.MHX...SCA S OF CAPE HATTERAS TO SURF CITY. 

JBM