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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 371

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

705 AM 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 morning and evening from 705 AM until

  900 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes possible



SUMMARY...Outer convective bands with hurricane Florence will

gradually spread inland across the North Carolina coast this

morning, and continue across eastern North Carolina through the

afternoon/evening.  Supercells and a few tornadoes will be possible

with the outer convective bands.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles

east and west of a line from 85 miles northeast of New Bern NC to 30

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

watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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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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 06055.



...Thompson

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