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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 29

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

620 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  FAR NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING FROM 620 PM UNTIL 1100 PM EST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES AND A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES LIKELY

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS

    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SCATTERED SUPERCELLS WITH THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES...ONE

OR TWO OF WHICH COULD BE STRONG...IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WIND AND

SEVERE HAIL EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH LATER TONIGHT EASTWARD TO

THE NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL WATERS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

ELIZABETH CITY NORTH CAROLINA TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF WILMINGTON

NORTH CAROLINA.  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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 26. WATCH NUMBER 26 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 620

PM EST. CONTINUE...WW 27...WW 28...



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22050.





...CORFIDI

