Tornado Watch 19

Issued

Feb 22, 2003, 9:45 AM EST (14:45 UTC)

Expired

Feb 22, 2003, 4:00 PM EST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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• Mesoscale Discussion 125Feb 22, 9:27 AM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 129Feb 22, 11:47 AM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 133Feb 22, 2:22 PM EST

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WWUS20 KWNS 221442
SEL9
SPC WW 221445
NCZ000-SCZ000-222100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 19
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
945 AM EST SAT FEB 22 2003

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA                     
   NORTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA                     

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 945 AM UNTIL 400
PM EST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA
TO 50 MILES NORTH OF ROCKY MOUNT NORTH CAROLINA.

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...  CONTINUE...WW 18...

DISCUSSION...WARM FRONT MOVING RAPIDLY NWD THRU ERN NC AHEAD OF
SQUALL LINE LOCATED AT 1430Z IN WRN SC.  WITH VERY STRONG WIND
FIELDS FAVORABLE FOR BOTH DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND ROTATING
STORMS...THE WARM SECTOR AIRMASS WILL SUPPORT SEVERE STORMS ALONG
SQUALL LINE AS IT MOVES RAPIDLY NEWD ACROSS NC.  PRIMARY THREAT
WILL BE WIND DAMAGE...HOWEVER ISOLATED TORNADOS ALSO EXPECTED.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23050.


...HALES

334,0821 363,0792 363,0762 334,0792

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.