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WWUS20 KWNS 272126

SEL1

SPC WW 272126

NCZ000-CWZ000-280200-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 61

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

530 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Eastern and southern North Carolina

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 530 PM until

  1000 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A cluster with embedded supercells should spread

east-southeast from central North Carolina before decaying across

eastern North Carolina later this evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles north northeast

of New Bern NC to 30 miles southeast of Fayetteville NC. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are

favorable for 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. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce

tornadoes.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 58...WW 59...WW 60...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

28035.



...Grams

