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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 348

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

200 AM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Far southern North Carolina

  Northeast South Carolina

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Thursday morning from 200 AM until 900 AM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible



SUMMARY...The threat of a couple tornadoes will shift northeast from

southeast South Carolina into far southern North Carolina this

morning.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 45 statute miles

either side of a line from 20 miles north northeast of Wilmington NC

to 50 miles southwest of Myrtle Beach 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 347...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 0 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 50 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean

storm motion vector 16030.



...Grams

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