Tornado Watch 25

Issued

Jan 30, 2013, 8:21 PM EST (01:21 UTC)

Expired

Jan 31, 2013, 2:00 AM EST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

0.5 in

Strongest gust expected

65 kt

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

30%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

95%

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

95%

• Mesoscale Discussion 104Jan 30, 7:09 PM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 105Jan 30, 7:56 PM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 108Jan 30, 9:38 PM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 109Jan 30, 10:42 PM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 110Jan 31, 12:52 AM EST

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WWUS20 KWNS 310126
SEL5  
SPC WW 310126
NCZ000-SCZ000-VAZ000-310700-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 25
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
820 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

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

       CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
       EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
       SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 820 PM
UNTIL 200 AM EST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 75 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH OF SOUTH HILL
VIRGINIA TO 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF FLORENCE SOUTH 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 22. WATCH NUMBER 22 WILL NOT BE IN
EFFECT AFTER 820 PM EST. CONTINUE...WW 23...WW 24...

DISCUSSION...NNE/SSW PRE-FRONTAL SQLN THROUGH CNTRL NC EXPECTED TO
ACCELERATE ENE THROUGH EARLY THU AS TN VLY SHORTWAVE TROUGH EJECTS
NE TOWARD REGION. STRENGTHENING FRONTAL CIRCULATION DOWNSTREAM FROM
TROUGH MAY COMPENSATE FOR WEAK BUOYANCY TO MAINTAIN FORCED
CONVECTIVE BAND ACROSS THE NC/VA PIEDMONT AND INTO WRN PORTIONS OF
THE ADJACENT CSTL PLN. AREA VWP DATA SHOW VERY STRONG WIND PROFILES
ACROSS REGION...AND FURTHER STRENGTHENING MAY OCCUR /WITH 850 MB
FLOW UP TO 80 KTS/. THUS...POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR EMBEDDED LEWPS
POSING A RISK FOR SPORADIC DMGG WINDS AND ISOLD
TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY NEAR LEWP CRESTS AND/OR LINE BREAKS.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
350. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22060.


...CORFIDI

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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.