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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 921
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   320 AM EST FRI DEC 10 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
          EXTREME SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING FROM 320 AM UNTIL 1000 AM EST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
   TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 105 STATUTE MILES EAST AND
   WEST OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELIZABETH CITY NORTH
   CAROLINA TO 30 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF FAYETTEVILLE 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 920...
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS/SUPERCELLS DEVELOPING UPSTREAM ACROSS NRN
   SC EXPECTED TO MOVE/DEVELOP NEWD INTO PARTS OF NC DURING THE NEXT
   FEW HOURS... WHERE AMPLE SHEAR WILL BE PRESENT FOR SUSTAINED
   ACTIVITY.  OTHER SUPERCELLS MAY EVOLVE FROM CONFLUENCE/LOW LEVEL
   WARM ADVECTION BAND OVER EXTREME ERN NC.  DEEP SHEAR SHOULD
   CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS REGION THIS MORNING AS 80+ KT MID LEVEL
   SPEED MAX CONTINUES NEWD FROM THE SRN APPALACHIANS.  STRONGEST
   ACTIVITY SHOULD BE CONFINED TO REGION ALONG QUASISTATIONARY FRONT
   FROM S CNTRL NC NEWD INTO SE VA.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 23040.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI