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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 26

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1115 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  MOST OF NORTH CAROLINA

  CENTRAL AND NORTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1115 AM UNTIL

  700 PM EST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES AND A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES LIKELY

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...TWO AREAS OF SEVERE STORMS SHOULD EVOLVE NORTHEASTWARD

THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. PRIMARY AREA OF STORMS WITHIN A QUASI-LINEAR

BAND SHOULD SPREAD ACROSS THE PIEDMONT WITH TORNADOES AND DAMAGING

WINDS AS THE MAIN HAZARDS. A SECONDARY AREA OF SPORADIC TORNADO/WIND

POTENTIAL MAY PERSIST ACROSS PARTS OF THE COASTAL PLAIN IN SOUTHERN

NORTH CAROLINA.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 125 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES WEST OF GREENSBORO NORTH

CAROLINA TO 40 MILES EAST OF FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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.



&&



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21040.





...GRAMS

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 26

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1115 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  MOST OF NORTH CAROLINA

  CENTRAL AND NORTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1115 AM UNTIL

  700 PM EST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL TORNADOES AND A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES LIKELY

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...TWO AREAS OF SEVERE STORMS SHOULD EVOLVE NORTHEASTWARD

THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. PRIMARY AREA OF STORMS WITHIN A QUASI-LINEAR

BAND SHOULD SPREAD ACROSS THE PIEDMONT WITH TORNADOES AND DAMAGING

WINDS AS THE MAIN HAZARDS. A SECONDARY AREA OF SPORADIC TORNADO/WIND

POTENTIAL MAY PERSIST ACROSS PARTS OF THE COASTAL PLAIN IN SOUTHERN

NORTH CAROLINA.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 125 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES WEST OF GREENSBORO NORTH

CAROLINA TO 40 MILES EAST OF FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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.



&&



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21040.





...GRAMS

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