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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 168
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL8

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 168
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   355 PM EDT Tue May 5 2020

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Southern North Carolina
     Northern South Carolina

   * Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 355 PM until
     1100 PM EDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
       inches in diameter possible
     A tornado or two possible

   SUMMARY...A cluster of thunderstorms over western North Carolina
   will track eastward along a warm front, affecting the watch area
   this afternoon and evening.  Locally damaging wind gusts and hail
   are possible in the strongest cells.  An isolated tornado is also
   possible.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
   statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles northwest of
   Anderson SC to 45 miles east of Fayetteville NC. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

   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.

   &&

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
   27035.

   ...Hart
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