URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 256
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
215 PM EDT WED MAY 6 2009
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA
PARTS OF NORTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA
A LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN VIRGINIA
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 215 PM UNTIL
900 PM EDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST OF GREENVILLE
SOUTH CAROLINA TO 15 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF NORFOLK VIRGINIA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
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 254...WW 255...
DISCUSSION...AS TROUGH AND STRONGER WINDS FIELDS APPROACH FROM THE
WEST...CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WATCH WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING SUPERCELLS. WITH WARM
SECTOR BECOMING UNCAPPED AND MLCAPES AOA 1000 J/KG THUNDERSTORMS
WILL INCREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY THRU REMAINDER OF AFTERNOON.
FAVORED AREA FOR POSSIBLE TORNADIC SUPERCELLS WILL BE VICINITY LOW
LEVEL BOUNDARY ALONG NORTHERN PORTION OF WATCH WHERE SHEAR PROFILES
WILL BE ENHANCED.
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate
