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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 477

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

150 PM EDT Fri Sep 1 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Western and central North Carolina

  Northern South Carolina



* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 150 PM until

  1000 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are beginning to develop in broken bands to

the east of the remnants of tropical depression Harvey.  These

storms will strengthen through the afternoon, and the storm

environment will favor a threat for tornadic supercells along a

slow-moving front across North Carolina through late evening.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 45 statute miles

north and south of a line from 30 miles southwest of Hickory NC to

45 miles east northeast of Fayetteville NC. 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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AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 24025.



...Thompson

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