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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 375

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1100 PM EDT Fri Sep 14 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Southeast North Carolina

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 1100 PM

  until 700 AM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible



SUMMARY...A moist air mass and strong low-level wind field will

continue to yield low-topped/transient supercells on the periphery

of Florence.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles

north and south of a line from 60 miles west of Jacksonville NC to

55 miles south southeast of New Bern NC. For a complete depiction of

the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU5).



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 374...



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

surface and aloft to 0 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

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

storm motion vector 14050.



...Guyer

