SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 726

WW 726 SEVERE TSTM NC SC CW 291445Z – 292200Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 726
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
945 AM EST Sun Dec 29 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Central North Carolina
  Eastern South Carolina
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Sunday morning and afternoon from 945 AM until
  500 PM EST.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...A fast-moving line of showers and occasional thunderstorms
will produce gusty winds and occasional damaging gusts through the
early afternoon.  An isolated tornado or two is also possible.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles north northwest
of Greensboro NC to 50 miles south southeast of Myrtle Beach SC. For
a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 724...WW 725...

AVIATION...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
24040.

...Hart

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