URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 887
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
605 PM EST TUE NOV 29 2005
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
CENTRAL MARYLAND
NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA
CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA
EXTREME EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 605 PM
UNTIL 100 AM 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 65 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF HARRISBURG
PENNSYLVANIA TO 25 MILES EAST OF ROCKY MOUNT NORTH CAROLINA. FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
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...LINE OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS OVER CENTRAL VA/NC WILL
TRACK EASTWARD THIS EVENING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. SEVERAL SMALL
BOW/LEWP STRUCTURES HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG LINE...IN ADVANCE OF
IMPRESSIVE MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH. DESPITE MARGINAL
INSTABILITY...VERY STRONG WIND FIELDS AND DYNAMICS SUGGEST A THREAT
OF DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22040.
