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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 540

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

130 PM EDT Tue Jul 23 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Eastern and south-central North Carolina

  Eastern South Carolina

  Far Southeast Virginia

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 130 PM until

  1000 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms will continue to

develop across the region along and southeast of a front. A

moist/unstable air mass and moderately strong winds aloft will

support some organized storms with damaging winds as the most

probable severe risk.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75

statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles west northwest

of Florence SC to 25 miles east southeast of Elizabeth City NC. 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.



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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 500. Mean storm motion vector

24025.



...Guyer

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