Tornado Watch 8

Issued

Jan 5, 2007, 5:53 PM EST (22:53 UTC)

Expired

Jan 6, 2007, 1:00 AM EST

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

0.5 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

30%

Ten or more severe wind reports

30%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

Ten or more severe hail reports

5%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

5%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

70%

• Mesoscale Discussion 20Jan 5, 4:20 PM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 22Jan 5, 6:35 PM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 24Jan 5, 9:01 PM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 25Jan 5, 10:16 PM EST

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WWUS20 KWNS 052252
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SPC WW 052252
NCZ000-SCZ000-CWZ000-060600-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 8
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
555 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2007

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

       CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
       NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 555 PM
UNTIL 100 AM 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 APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF
FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA TO 50 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF NEW BERN
NORTH CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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 5...WW 6...WW 7...

DISCUSSION...LARGE AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE ADVANCING NEWD ACROSS WW INTO THE LATE EVENING AHEAD OF
EJECTING UPPER TROUGH.  AREA REMAINS WITHIN WARM/MOIST AIR MASS
CHARACTERIZED BY MID TO UPPER 60F SURFACE DEW POINTS.  THIS WILL
ENHANCE BOTH INSTABILITY AND THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES AS
SHEAR REMAINS VERY STRONG.

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
400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.


...EVANS

Tornado Watches in North Carolina, 2007Tornado Watches in South Carolina, 2007Every tornado watch in 2007

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.