WATCHES: Tornado Watch Number 286

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 286
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
100 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN MARYLAND
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
EASTERN VIRGINIA
COASTAL WATERS

* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 100 PM UNTIL
800 PM EDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SEVERAL TORNADOES LIKELY
SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 115 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
NORFOLK VIRGINIA TO 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW BERN NORTH
CAROLINA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 285. WATCH NUMBER 285 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
100 PM EDT.

DISCUSSION...SHOWERS/TSTMS WITH A POTENTIAL FOR LOW-LVL ROTATION
EXPECTED TO PERSIST N AND E OF TS ANDREA AS THAT SYSTEM CONTINUES
NEWD THROUGH THIS EVE. THE STRONGEST LOW-LVL SPEED AND DIRECTIONAL
SHEAR...AND GREATEST RISK FOR TORNADOES...SHOULD FOCUS ALONG SW-NE
FRONTAL ZONE ATTM EXTENDING FROM N OF RAH THROUGH SE VA TO NEAR SBY.
SOME RISK FOR DMGG WIND AND PERHAPS A TORNADO OR TWO ALSO WILL EXIST
WITH CONVECTION/POSSIBLE STORMS FORMING ALONG S-N ORIENTED
CONFLUENCE BANDS E OF CIRCULATION CENTER...WHERE DIRECTIONAL SHEAR
IS WEAKER BUT SFC HEATING WILL BE MAXIMIZED.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 20035.


...CORFIDI

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