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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 345 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
710 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2003

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

       NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 710 PM UNTIL
100 AM EDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 40 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA
TO 50 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF ELIZABETH CITY NORTH CAROLINA.

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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 340. WATCH NUMBER 340 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 710
PM EDT. CONTINUE...WW 338...WW 341...WW 342...WW 343...WW 344...


DISCUSSION...CLUSTER OF SUPERCELL STORMS ALONG THE VA/NC BORDER WILL
LIKELY TRACK SOUTHEASTWARD ALONG/NORTH OF SURFACE WARM FRONT TOWARD
THE COAST.  STRONG INSTABILITY SOUTH OF FRONT...COUPLED WITH
SUFFICIENT VERTICAL SHEAR INDICATES THE THREAT OF ISOLATED
TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 28035.


...HART

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