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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 722

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

150 PM EST Sun Dec 17 2023



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of 

  eastern North Carolina

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 150 PM until

  800 PM EST.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible



SUMMARY...Potential for locally damaging winds and a couple of

tornadoes will gradually increase this afternoon and into this

evening, as locally intense thunderstorms shift north-northeastward

across the North Carolina Coastal Plain and Outer Banks area.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 45 statute miles

east and west of a line from 110 miles northeast of New Bern NC to

30 miles south of Wilmington NC. For a complete depiction of the

watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 55 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean

storm motion vector 18040.



...Goss