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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 106

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

645 PM EDT Thu Apr 11 2024



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of 

  Western North Carolina

  South central Virginia



* Effective this Thursday evening from 645 PM until 1100 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible



SUMMARY...Scattered storm clusters and isolated supercells will be

possible this evening from western North Carolina into southern

Virginia, with the potential for a couple of tornadoes and damaging

gusts up to 65 mph.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 40 statute miles

east and west of a line from 20 miles east of Roanoke VA to 10 miles

west of Charlotte NC. For a complete depiction of the watch see the

associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 105...



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

surface and aloft to 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 55 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean

storm motion vector 22035.



...Thompson