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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 463

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

345 PM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  COASTAL NORTH CAROLINA

  NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM 345 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...AS TROPICAL STORM HERMINE CONTINUES ITS NORTHEASTWARD

TRACK...CLUSTERS AND BANDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE

ASHORE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING...POSING A THREAT OF A FEW

TORNADOES AND PERHAPS DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 35 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA TO 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF CAPE

HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH

SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 462...



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 18035.





...HART

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