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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 496

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

720 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  PORTIONS OF COASTAL NORTH CAROLINA

  THE EXTREME NORTHEAST COAST OF SOUTH CAROLINA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 720 AM UNTIL

  400 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...MINI SUPERCELLS WILL CONTINUE TO FORM AND ROTATE

NORTHWESTWARD IN BROKEN BANDS WELL TO THE NE OF THE CENTER OF

HURRICANE MATTHEW...AS THE STORM MOVES NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE SOUTH

CAROLINA COAST.  THE MORE FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR A COUPLE OF

TORNADOES WILL SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD TODAY...AND WILL BE CONFINED TO

A NARROW ZONE NEAR THE COAST.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 20 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILMINGTON

NORTH CAROLINA TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW BERN NORTH 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 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

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

450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 14045.





...THOMPSON

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