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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 687
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
855 PM EDT Thu Sep 26 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of
  Central and Eastern Georgia
  Southern North Carolina
  South Carolina
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Thursday night and Friday morning from 855 PM
  until 800 AM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Several tornadoes likely

SUMMARY...Low-topped thunderstorms associated with Hurricane Helene
will pose a threat for several tornadoes this evening through much
of the overnight period, and continuing into early Friday morning.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 100 statute miles
east and west of a line from 20 miles south of Vidalia GA to 40
miles west northwest of Fayetteville NC. For a complete depiction of
the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU7).

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 684...WW 685...WW 686...

AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
storm motion vector 18050.

...Gleason