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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 173
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1000 PM EDT MON APR 21 1997

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF

   EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
   AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 1000 PM UNTIL
200 AM EDT.

HAIL TO 1 3/4 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUSLIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 135 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
FAYETTEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA TO 60 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF ROCKY
MOUNT NORTH CAROLINA.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR 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...WARM ADVECTION ALONG NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT AND
CONTINUING PRESENCE OF MODERATE VERTICAL SHEAR LIKELY TO MAINTAIN
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT TONIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA.

C...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO1 3/4
INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.  MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
24035.


...CORFIDI

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