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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 53

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

300 PM EDT Sun Apr 15 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Central North Carolina

  Eastern South Carolina

  Southern Virginia



* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 300 PM until

  1100 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely



SUMMARY...Bands of well-organized storms will continue to steadily

progress east/northeastward within a highly sheared environment.

Tornadoes and damaging winds will remain a threat into this evening.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 45 statute miles

east and west of a line from 25 miles north northwest of Lynchburg

VA to 30 miles south southwest of Florence SC. 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 51...WW 52...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and 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 22040.



...Guyer

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