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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 832
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1010 AM EDT FRI SEP 17 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
          NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
          SOUTHERN VIRGINIA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1010 AM UNTIL 500
   PM EDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
   TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
   OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LYNCHBURG VIRGINIA TO 20
   MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA.
   
   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.
   
   DISCUSSION...TORNADO THREAT EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INCREASING DURING
   THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS ACROSS THIS REGION AS AFTERNOON HEATING
   DESTABILIZES THE AIR MASS AND STEEPENS LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES.  SHEAR
   REMAINS VERY STRONG ASSOCIATED WITH REMNANTS OF IVAN...WITH LARGE
   HODOGRAPHS AND ENHANCED LOW LEVEL HELICITIES.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
   GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21035.
   
   
   ...EVANS