Tornado Watch 935

Issued

Nov 15, 2008, 1:25 PM EST (18:25 UTC)

Expired

Nov 15, 2008, 8:00 PM EST

In force

7 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Two or more tornadoes

30%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

10%

Ten or more severe wind reports

40%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

20%

Ten or more severe hail reports

10%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

5%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

70%

• Mesoscale Discussion 2389Nov 15, 11:07 AM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 2390Nov 15, 12:29 PM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 2392Nov 15, 6:15 PM EST

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WWUS20 KWNS 151827
SEL5  
SPC WW 151827
NCZ000-CWZ000-160100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 935
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
125 PM EST SAT NOV 15 2008

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

       MUCH OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 125 PM UNTIL
800 PM EST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 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 35 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
GOLDSBORO NORTH CAROLINA TO 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF CAPE
HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH
SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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 934...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF COLD FRONT MOVING
EWD ACROSS CENTRAL NC WHERE AIR MASS CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE.  WITH
THE APPROACH OF THE VERY STRONG UPPER TROUGH FROM THE WEST AND
IMPRESSIVE DEEP LAYER SHEAR...POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
INCLUDING SUPERCELLS WILL INCREASE FROM W TO E ACROSS THE WATCH THIS
AFTERNOON.  PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE  DAMAGING WINDS BUT ISOLATED
TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...PRIMARILY ASSOCIATED WITH SUPERCELLS
THAT DEVELOP.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.


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Tornado Watches in North Carolina, 2008Every tornado watch in 2008

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.