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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 9

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1240 AM EST Tue Feb 16 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Eastern North Carolina

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Tuesday morning from 1240 AM until 800 AM EST.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...A few supercells may develop and quickly move

northeastward across coastal North Carolina overnight as the air

mass steadily moistens and destabilizes near the coast. A tornado or

two could occur along with damaging winds.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

east and west of a line from 35 miles south southeast of

Jacksonville NC to 50 miles north northwest of Cape Hatteras 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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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 24035.



...Guyer

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