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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 905
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   325 PM EST WED NOV 24 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
          EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 325 PM UNTIL
   900 PM EST.
   
   HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES
   EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM DANVILLE VIRGINIA TO 60 MILES EAST
   SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA.
   
   REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
   FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
   TORNADOES.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 901...WW 902...WW 903...WW
   904...
   
   DISCUSSION...STRONGLY FORCED SQUALL LINE CONTINUES EWD INTO CAROLINA
   PIEDMONT AND COASTAL PLAINS. AIR MASS MODESTLY UNSTABLE BUT WITH THE
   VERY STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR...WIND DAMAGE WILL CONTINUE TO BE
   COMMON WITH THE SQUALL LINE.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.
   A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION
   VECTOR 25040.
   
   
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