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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 462

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

745 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  PARTS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

  PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

  THE SOUTH CAROLINA COASTAL PLAIN

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 745 AM UNTIL

  400 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...TROPICAL STORM HERMINE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE

NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA INTO SOUTH CAROLINA THIS

AFTERNOON.  THE RISK FOR A FEW TORNADOES WILL LIKEWISE PERSIST IN

ADVANCE OF THE STORM CENTER AS BROKEN BANDS WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS

MOVE INLAND FROM THE ATLANTIC...AND REACH NORTH CAROLINA BY

MIDDAY-EARLY AFTERNOON.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAVANNAH

GEORGIA TO 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO

WATCH NUMBER 461. WATCH NUMBER 461 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER

745 AM EDT.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 18040.





...THOMPSON

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