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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 129

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

125 PM EDT Mon May 3 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Far eastern Georgia

  Southern North Carolina

  Western and central South Carolina



* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 125 PM until

  700 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Multiple clusters will evolve east-northeast with embedded

supercells capable of producing a couple tornadoes through this

afternoon.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles

east and west of a line from 10 miles southeast of Augusta GA to 45

miles west northwest of Southern Pines NC. For a complete depiction

of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU9).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 127...WW 128...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 27025.



...Grams

