URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 169 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 845 PM EDT Tue May 5 2020 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of South central North Carolina Northeast South Carolina Coastal Waters * Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 845 PM until 100 AM EDT. * Primary threats include... Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible SUMMARY...Clusters of supercells along a front will continue to move east-southeastward through early tonight, with other storms to the west following a similar path before weakening later tonight. In the meantime, large hail and damaging winds can be expected with the strongest storms. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35 statute miles north and south of a line from 5 miles northwest of Florence SC to 20 miles southeast of Wilmington NC. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9). 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 168... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 29035. ...ThompsonRead more
from SPC Forecast Products http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0169.html
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