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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.



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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