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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 120

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

435 PM EDT Mon Apr 3 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  South-central North Carolina

  Eastern South Carolina

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 435 PM until

  1000 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will continue to spread eastward across

South Carolina and North Carolina this afternoon, posing a risk of

locally damaging winds in the watch area.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50

statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles north northeast

of Southern Pines NC to 45 miles south southwest of Charleston SC.

For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch

outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 117...WW 118...WW 119...



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

1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few

cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector

25030.



...Hart

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