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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 76
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   525 PM EST WED MAR 23 2005
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 525 PM UNTIL
   1100 PM EST.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
   GREENSBORO NORTH CAROLINA TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELIZABETH CITY
   NORTH CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
   
   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.
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFYING AHEAD OF COLD FRONT NCENTRAL
   NC AND ALONG E/W BOUNDARY TO NERN NC COAST.  WITH STRONG FLOW/STEEP
   MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND MUCAPES TO 1500 J/KG...SEVERE
   THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE LIKELY AND SPREAD EWD.  INCREASING
   THREAT OF WIND DAMAGE WITH STORMS AS THEY EVOLVE INTO SHORT
   LINES/BOWS IN STRONG FLOW.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 24035.
   
   
   ...HALES