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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 519

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

940 PM EST Thu Dec 24 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Eastern North Carolina

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Thursday night and Friday morning from 940 PM

  until 300 AM EST.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...A fast-moving line of showers and thunderstorms over

central North Carolina will track across the watch area tonight,

posing a risk of locally damaging wind gusts.  A tornado or two is

also possible along the leading edge of the storms.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles

east and west of a line from 25 miles north northwest of Elizabeth

City NC to 45 miles southeast of Jacksonville 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 518...



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

surface and aloft to 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean

storm motion vector 24040.



...Hart

