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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 41

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

205 PM EDT Thu Mar 18 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Far northeast Georgia

  Southwest North Carolina

  Upstate South Carolina



* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 205 PM until

  600 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A couple supercells may develop near a mesolow and warm

front intersection across Upstate South Carolina before spreading

into southwest North Carolina.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

east and west of a line from 20 miles north of Charlotte NC to 55

miles west of Columbia SC. 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 40...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 55 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean

storm motion vector 23040.



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