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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 175
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   255 PM EDT SAT APR 8 2006
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 255 PM UNTIL
   900 PM EDT.
   
   HAIL TO 1.5 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 50
   STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST
   OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA TO 40 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF
   ELIZABETH CITY NORTH CAROLINA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE
   WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
   
   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 173...WW 174...
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY IN THE AREA
   OF MDT INSTABILITY ACROSS COASTAL COUNTIES OF NC.  50KT OF DEEP
   LAYER SHEAR AND MLCAPES TO 1000 J/KG SUPPORT THUNDERSTORMS
   DEVELOPING INTO SHORT LINES/BOW WHICH WILL ENHANCE WIND DAMAGE
   POTENTIAL ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 24035.
   
   
   ...HALES