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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 509

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

540 PM EDT Mon Oct 23 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Central North Carolina

  Southern Virginia



* Effective this Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning from 540 PM

  until 200 AM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Bands of storms including some embedded supercells will

continue to steadily progress east/northeastward this evening with

damaging winds and a few tornadoes possible.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 85 statute miles

north and south of a line from 25 miles west southwest of Roanoke VA

to 20 miles north northeast of Rocky Mount NC. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 508...



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

surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean

storm motion vector 21040.



...Guyer

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