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WWUS20 KWNS 202103
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SPC WW 202103
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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