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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 635

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

420 AM EDT Thu Sep 5 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Far southern North Carolina

  Far eastern South Carolina

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Thursday morning and afternoon from 420 AM until

  400 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes possible



SUMMARY...Offshore supercells within an outer band of Hurricane

Dorian should continue to spread towards the coast near the South

and North Carolina border area through this afternoon.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

east and west of a line from 30 miles south of Myrtle Beach SC to 20

miles north northeast of Wilmington 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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AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

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

gusts to 50 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean

storm motion vector 11040.



...Grams

