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Tornado Watch 276
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WW0276 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Very Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Very Low

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   SEL6
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 276
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   955 PM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA
          SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
          SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 955 PM
   UNTIL 300 AM EDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
   TO 60 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45 STATUTE
   MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
   ROANOKE VIRGINIA TO 30 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF LYNCHBURG
   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 271...WW 272...WW
   273...WW 274...WW 275...
   
   DISCUSSION...SCTD SUSTAINED STORMS/WEAK SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO
   CONTINUE GRADUALLY SPREADING E ACROSS THE CNTRL APPALACHIANS...IN
   CURRENT OF ENHANCED WSWLY LOW TO MID LVL FLOW ON S SIDE OF MCV NOW
   NW OF HTS.  ALTHOUGH DIURNAL COOLING WILL DIMINISH LOW LVL
   INSTABILITY...STORMS LIKELY WILL CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP UPSTREAM
   ALONG SW FLANK OF LOW LVL COLD POOL LEFT BY MCV /I.E. OVER FAR SW
   VA/ERN KY/.  THESE STORMS MAY GRADUALLY SPREAD FARTHER E ACROSS SW
   VA/NW NC AS MOISTENING AND ASCENT CONTINUE ACROSS REGION ON S SIDE
   OF MCV.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
   GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27040.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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