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Tornado Watch 283
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 283
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   840 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHERN MARYLAND
          NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
          CENTRAL VIRGINIA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 840 PM
   UNTIL 300 AM 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 30 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTH OF RICHMOND
   VIRGINIA TO 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROANOKE RAPIDS NORTH CAROLINA. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
   
   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 280...WW 281...WW 282...
   
   DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SPREADING EWD
   INTO WW THIS EVENING ALONG INCREASING LLJ.  VERY IMPRESSIVE SHEAR
   PROFILES ON EVENING SOUNDINGS AND AREA VWP/S WILL MAINTAIN THREATS
   OF ISOLATED SUPERCELLS AS WELL AS SMALL BOWING SEGMENTS.  POTENTIAL
   FOR TORNADOES WILL ACCOMPANY THREATS OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
   WINDS WITH THE STRONGER STORMS TONIGHT.
   
   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
   400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
   
   
   ...EVANS
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