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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 743
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   ISSUED BY AFWA OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE BELLEVUE NE
   1145 AM EDT THU AUG 12 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EAST GEORGIA
          SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA
          CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1145 AM UNTIL 600
   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 120 STATUTE MILES EAST AND
   WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF SOUTHERN PINES
   NORTH CAROLINA TO 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA.
   
   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 742...
   
   DISCUSSION...TORNADO POTENTIAL IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE DURING THE
   AFTERNOON AS TROPICAL STORM BONNIE MOVES ONSHORE AND VERTICAL SHEAR
   BECOMES MORE FAVORABLE.
   
   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 22035.
   
   
   ...AFWA