URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 699
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1010 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
   
          SOUTHERN AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
          EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1010 AM UNTIL
   500 PM EST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
   TO 75 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE
   MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTH OF FLORENCE SOUTH
   CAROLINA TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA.
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
   
   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...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NEWD ACROSS SOUTHERN
   AND EASTERN NC AND EASTERN SC THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AS A WARM
   FRONT MOVES INLAND RESULTING IN A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR SURFACE
   BASED ACTIVITY.  DESPITE WEAK INSTABILITY...STRONG FORCING FOR
   ASCENT WILL SPREAD ACROSS THIS REGION AS A PROGRESSIVE SHORTWAVE
   TROUGH BECOMES NEGATIVELY TILTED...MOVING TOWARD THE ATLANTIC COAST.
   STRONG VERTICALLY VEERING WINDS WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELLS WITH A FEW
   TORNADOES POSSIBLE.  DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO BE A THREAT.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
   GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.
   MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22040.
   
   
   ...PETERS/EDWARDS