Tornado Watch 967

Issued

Nov 19, 2003, 7:25 AM EST (12:25 UTC)

Expired

Nov 19, 2003, 1:00 PM EST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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• Mesoscale Discussion 2537Nov 19, 5:14 AM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 2539Nov 19, 6:31 AM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 2541Nov 19, 10:57 AM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 2542Nov 19, 11:29 AM EST

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WWUS20 KWNS 191227
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SPC WW 191225
NCZ000-SCZ000-CWZ000-191800-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 967 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
725 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003

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

       MUCH OF NORTH CAROLINA
       CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 725 AM UNTIL
100 PM EST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 105 STATUTE MILES EAST AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF GREENSBORO NORTH
CAROLINA TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 965. WATCH NUMBER 965 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 725
AM EST. CONTINUE...WW 966...


DISCUSSION...CONVECTIVE BAND NOW EXTENDING FROM NR HKY TO E OF AGS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING ENE AT 35-40 KT.  LARGE SCALE ASCENT
SHOULD INCREASE ACROSS WW REGION AS SATELLITE AND PRESSURE CHANGE
DATA INDICATE THAT ACCELERATING NW AL UPPER VORT IS BEGINNING TO
AFFECT REGION. THE CONVECTION WILL ENCOUNTER GRADUALLY INCREASING
SBCAPE AS BAND MOVES FARTHER E.  COUPLED WITH MODEST SURFACE HEATING
AND EXISTING VERY STRONG SHEAR...POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR EMBEDDED
ROTATING UPDRAFTS/STORMS WITH BOWING SEGMENTS/HIGH WIND...AND A FEW
TORNADOES.

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 350.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.


...CORFIDI

363,0774 324,0780 324,0814 363,0813

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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.