Tornado Watch 448

Issued

Jul 27, 2014, 6:32 PM EDT (22:32 UTC)

Expired

Jul 28, 2014, 1:00 AM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

3 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

50%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

30%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

10%

Ten or more severe hail reports

30%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

30%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

60%

• Mesoscale Discussion 1487Jul 27, 4:49 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1495Jul 28, 12:32 AM EDT

441 
WWUS20 KWNS 272235
SEL8  
SPC WW 272235
NCZ000-VAZ000-280500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 448
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
635 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  SMALL PART OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA

* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 635 PM
  UNTIL 100 AM EDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA TO 65 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF HICKORY
NORTH CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 445...WW 446...WW 447...

DISCUSSION...POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SUPERCELLS IN WW 445 TO SURVIVE
PASSAGE THROUGH NARROW CORRIDOR OF RELATIVELY LOW-THETAE AIR MASS
OVER HIGHEST APPALACHIANS AND MOVE INTO FAVORABLY MOIST/UNSTABLE
ENVIRONMENT OF WRN PIEDMONT REGION...WHERE 50 KT EFFECTIVE-SHEAR
MAGNITUDES AND 200-300 J/KG EFFECTIVE SRH WILL JUXTAPOSE WITH
UPPER-60S/LOWER-70S F SFC DEW POINTS.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 30030.


...EDWARDS

Tornado Watches in North Carolina, 2014Every tornado watch in 2014

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.