WWUS20 KWNS 261514
SEL9
SPC WW 261514
NCZ000-SCZ000-CWZ000-262200-

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