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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 577
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
540 PM EST TUE NOV 26 2013

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
  COASTAL WATERS

* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 540
  PM UNTIL 100 AM EST.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WITH A FEW SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75
    MPH POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF
WAYCROSS GEORGIA TO 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILMINGTON NORTH
CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 576...

DISCUSSION...AMIDST FAVORABLE HODOGRAPHS AND DEEP-SHEAR
ENVIRONMENT...LOW-LEVEL AIR MASS FCST TO DESTABILIZE ENOUGH TO YIELD
AT LEAST MRGLLY FAVORABLE BUOYANCY ACROSS WW AREA...FROM
SW-NE...THROUGH REMAINDER EVENING.  SEVERAL SUPERCELLS AND SMALL
BOWS ARE POSSIBLE WITH TORNADO AND DAMAGING-WIND RISKS.  REF SPC
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2044 FOR ADDITIONAL NEAR-TERM DETAILS.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.


...EDWARDS