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Tornado Watch 256
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WW0256 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL6
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 256...RESENT
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   215 PM EDT WED MAY 6 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA
          PARTS OF NORTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA
          A LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN VIRGINIA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 215 PM UNTIL
   900 PM EDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE
   MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST OF GREENVILLE
   SOUTH CAROLINA TO 15 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF NORFOLK VIRGINIA. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
   
   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 254...WW 255...
   
   DISCUSSION...AS TROUGH AND STRONGER WINDS FIELDS APPROACH FROM THE
   WEST...CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WATCH WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY
   FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING SUPERCELLS.  WITH WARM
   SECTOR BECOMING UNCAPPED AND MLCAPES AOA 1000 J/KG THUNDERSTORMS
   WILL INCREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY THRU REMAINDER OF AFTERNOON. 
   FAVORED AREA FOR POSSIBLE TORNADIC SUPERCELLS WILL BE VICINITY LOW
   LEVEL BOUNDARY ALONG NORTHERN PORTION OF WATCH WHERE SHEAR PROFILES
   WILL BE ENHANCED.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030.
   
   
   ...HALES
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