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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 372

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

900 PM EDT Thu Sep 13 2018



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 900 PM

  until 700 AM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible



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

periphery of Hurricane Florence will continue to support the

possibility of transient supercells with a brief tornado risk

through the early morning hours of Friday.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles

east and west of a line from 75 miles northeast of New Bern NC to 25

miles southeast of Jacksonville NC. For a complete depiction of the

watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 371...



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 08060.



...Guyer

