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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 637

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

615 PM EDT Thu Sep 5 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Eastern North Carolina

  Extreme southeastern Virginia

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Thursday night and Friday morning from 615 PM

  until 700 AM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely



SUMMARY...Threat for occasional supercells with tornadoes will

persist through tonight within the outer northeastern rain bands of

hurricane Dorian.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles

east and west of a line from 60 miles northeast of Elizabeth City NC

to 25 miles south southeast of New Bern 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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...This tornado watch replaces tornado

watch number 636. Watch number 636 will not be in effect after

615 PM EDT.



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 10045.



...Thompson

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