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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 445

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

105 PM EDT Tue Aug 17 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Northwest North Carolina

  Southwest Virginia



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 105 PM until

  700 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Isolated thunderstorms may continue to occasionally

producing brief tornadoes as they track northward across the watch

area this afternoon.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 30 statute miles

north and south of a line from 105 miles west northwest of

Greensboro NC to 30 miles north northeast of Greensboro 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 444...



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 500. Mean

storm motion vector 17025.



...Hart

