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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 204

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

415 PM EDT Fri May 22 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Central and Southeast North Carolina

  Eastern South Carolina



* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 415 PM until

  1000 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A fast-moving line of thunderstorms near Charlotte NC will

track eastward across the watch area this afternoon and early

evening.  Damaging winds will be possible along the leading edge of

the storms.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles west southwest

of Southern Pines NC to 20 miles east northeast of Jacksonville NC.

For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch

outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are

favorable for 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. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce

tornadoes.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 202...WW 203...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

27040.



...Hart

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