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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 131
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Very Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Low Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 131
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   505 PM EDT Sat Apr 20 2024

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     parts of southern and eastern North Carolina
     part of eastern South Carolina
     Coastal Waters

   * Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 505 PM until
     1000 PM EDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
       inches in diameter possible
     Isolated damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible

   SUMMARY...Widely scattered to scattered strong/severe thunderstorms
   are forecast to continue spreading east-southeastward across
   portions of the Carolinas this afternoon.  Large hail, and locally
   damaging wind gusts, can be expected with the most intense storms,
   before moving offshore this evening.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 90
   statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles north of New
   Bern NC to 35 miles west of Myrtle Beach SC. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

   PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

   REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are
   favorable for 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. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce
   tornadoes.

   &&

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
   29040.

   ...Goss
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