Tornado Warning 20, NWS Wakefield, VA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA
850 PM EDT THU SEP 05 1996

DISCN:
LATEST SAT PIX SHOWING HURRICANE FRAN HITTING LANDFALL ALMOST RIGHT
ON TOP OF ILM, NC.  LUKS LIKE THE EYE WILL MOVE RIGHT UP THRU WRN
PORTIONS OF MY CWA AROUND MIDDAY FRIDAY.  SO...WE SHUD HAVE A BUSY
OVRNGT AND FRI MORNG PERIOD.  IN COORD CALL WITH WBC...WE AGREED
TO GO WITH HIGH WIND WARNING FOR ALL CTYS WHERE WATCH WAS ISSUED
EARLIER.  OTHERWISE...W~ILL PREPARE FOR THE WRATH OF FRAN AND HOPE
ALL GOES WELL FOR US AND SURROUNDING OFFICES.

TAKE IT EASY...

RIC  74/78/69  +73
ORF  76/79/73  +63
SBY  75/81/73  +84
ECG  75/79/73  +53

GINGRICH

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1051 PM EDT THU SEP 5 1996

...TORNADO WATCH #1004 IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM FRIDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL AND MUCH OF EASTERN VIRGINIA...AND NORTHEAST NORTH
CAROLINA.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH EFFECT
UNTIL 11 AM FRIDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL AND MUCH OF EASTERN
VIRGINIA...NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND TO
CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT...AND CURRITUCK SOUND.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN
AND NEARv THE WATCH AREA.  DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR.  BE READY
TO ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO SHELTER BELOW GROUND OR TO A SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE IF A WARNING IS ISSUED
FOR YOUR AREA.

ALBRIGHT

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOREHEAD CITY NC
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATEHR SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD VA
1054 PM EDT THU SEP 5 1996

...TORNADO WATCH #1004 IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM FRIDAY MORNING
FOR ALL OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA INCLUDING ALBEMARLE AND PAMLICO
SOUND AND THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS FROM CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT
TO OCRACOKE INLET.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH EFFECT
UNTIL 11 AM FRIDAY MORNING FOR ALL OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
INCLUDING ALBEMARLE AND PAMLICO SOUND AND THE ATLANTIC
COASTAL WATERS FROM CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO OCRACOKE INLET.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN
AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.  DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR.  BE READY
TO ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO SHELTER BELOW GROUND OR TO A SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE IF A WARNING IS ISSUED
FOR YOUR AREA.

ALBRIGHT