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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 10
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   600 PM EST FRI FEB 6 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
          EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY EVENING FROM 600 PM UNTIL 1100 PM EST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
   TO 60 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
   OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA
   TO 70 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW BERN NORTH 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.
   
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 9...
   
   
   DISCUSSION...THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY DEVELOP OVER ERN
   PORTIONS OF THE CAROLINA COASTAL PLAINS THIS EVENING AS SPEED MAX
   ROUNDING BASE OF LARGE SCALE TROUGH OVER THE LWR MS VLY ENHANCES
   DEEP SHEAR ACROSS REGION.  THIS MAY SUPPORT CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF
   EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS WITH BOWING SEGMENTS/ISOLATED TORNADOES.  ANY
   TORNADOES WHICH OCCUR MAY BE BRIEF BUT WILL TEND TO BE RAIN-WRAPPED
   AND DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY IN RADAR DATA.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
   GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23045.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI