TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 102
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
830 AM EST MON MAR 28 2005
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 830 AM UNTIL 100
PM EST.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF NEW BERN
NORTH CAROLINA TO 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELIZABETH CITY NORTH
CAROLINA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
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.
DISCUSSION...LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN NC WILL
ROTATE NORTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHEAST VA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
ACTIVITY IS CROSSING SURFACE WARM FRONT...WHERE VERY STRONG LOW
LEVEL AND DEEP LAYER VERTICAL SHEAR IS PRESENT. POTENTIAL EXISTS
FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES
BEING THE MAIN THREATS.
