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Tornado Watch 332
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WW0332 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL2
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 332
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   130 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          MARYLAND
          NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA
          SOUTH-CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
          WESTERN AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA
          EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 130 PM UNTIL 900
   PM EDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALTOONA
   PENNSYLVANIA TO 40 MILES WEST OF GREENSBORO NORTH CAROLINA.  FOR
   A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
   
   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.
   
   DISCUSSION...STRONG FORCED ASCENT WITH A LARGE SCALE TROUGH WAS
   LIKELY CONTRIBUTING TO AN INCREASE IN LOW-TOPPED CONVECTION ALONG A 
   COLD FRONT NOW SITUATED FROM ERN OH SWD ACROSS WV...EXTREME SWRN VA
   AND ERN TN. EXPECT THAT THIS CONVECTION WILL CROSS THE SPINE OF THE
   APPALACHIANS OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS. AS THE FRONT BEGINS TO INTERACT
   WITH GREATER INSTABILITY EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS...MORE  VIGOROUS
   STORM DEVELOPMENT IN THE FORM OF BOWING/LEWPING LINE SEGMENTS CAN BE
   EXPECTED. A WEAK FRONTAL WAVE MAY ALSO TAKE FORM WITH TIME
   COINCIDENT WITH AN INCREASE IN STORMS ALONG A WARM FRONT EXTENDING
   ACROSS SRN PA AND INTO THE DELMARVA REGION. IN ADDITION TO WIND
   DAMAGE AND SOME HAIL THREAT WITH THE STORMS ALONG THE ADVANCING
   FRONT...AN ENHANCED BUT FOCUSED TORNADO THREAT MAY EVOLVE NEAR THE
   FRONTAL WAVE AND WARM FRONT.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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
   450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22035.
   
   
   ...CARBIN
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