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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 508

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

200 PM EDT Mon Oct 23 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Extreme east central Georgia

  Western North Carolina

  Much of central and western South Carolina

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 200 PM until

  900 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will intensify gradually this afternoon

along and ahead of a cold front moving from Georgia into western

South Carolina and North Carolina.  The storm environment will be

favorable for both supercells in the broken band of storms, and

ahead of the band, as well as mesovortices embedded in the line.

These circulations will be capable of producing a few tornadoes and

damaging gusts through this evening.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

east and west of a line from 50 miles northwest of Greensboro NC to

50 miles south southwest of Orangeburg SC. For a complete depiction

of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU8).



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 450. Mean

storm motion vector 21040.



...Thompson

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