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Tornado Watch 130
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WW0130 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Very Low

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 130
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   200 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   
   * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     FAR NORTHEAST GEORGIA
     WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
     NORTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA
   
   * EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 200 PM UNTIL
     900 PM EDT.
   
   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     SEVERAL TORNADOES POSSIBLE
     SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
     A FEW LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM COLUMBIA SOUTH CAROLINA TO 50
   MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE
   DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
   
   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 129...
   
   DISCUSSION...TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND
   INTENSITY EAST OF THE HIGH TERRAIN THIS AFTERNOON AS REGION IS
   GLANCED BY A MIDLEVEL JET STREAK LIFTING POLEWARD THROUGH THE TN
   VALLEY.  WHILE MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE POOR...DAYTIME HEATING
   COUPLED WITH BOUNDARY LAYER DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 60S WILL YIELD
   MLCAPE VALUES OF 1000-1500 J/KG.  THIS INSTABILITY WILL ALIGN WITH A
   MODERATELY SHEARED KINEMATIC ENVIRONMENT WHICH WILL PROMOTE
   ORGANIZED STORM MODES...INCLUDING SUPERCELL AND LEWP STRUCTURES
   CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
   GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.
   
   
   ...MEAD
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