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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 497

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

245 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN COASTAL NORTH CAROLINA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON FROM 245 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT

  EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...ISOLATED ROTATING STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO OCCASIONALLY

MOVE ASHORE INTO EASTERN NC THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...POSING A

RISK OF A TORNADO OR TWO.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45 STATUTE

MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF JACKSONVILLE

NORTH 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 WOU7).



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 496...



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 14045.





...HART

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