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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 810
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   145 PM EDT TUE SEP 7 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 145 PM UNTIL 700
   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 40 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
   OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF FAYETTEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA TO 30
   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.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 809...
   
   DISCUSSION...THREAT FOR SUPERCELLS/ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL INCREASE
   THIS AFTERNOON AS THE OUTER BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH FRANCES ROTATE
   NEWD FROM SC INTO NC...AND ADDITIONAL STORMS FORM NEAR A WEAK
   SURFACE BOUNDARY ACROSS SRN NC.
   
   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 16025.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON