SPC Tornado Watch 26

WW 26 TORNADO NC SC CW 051245Z – 051800Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 26
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
745 AM EST Wed Mar 5 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

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

* Effective this Wednesday morning and afternoon from 745 AM
  until 100 PM EST.

* Primary threats include...
  A couple tornadoes possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

SUMMARY...A broken squall line will continue east across the Watch
area through the midday into the early afternoon.  Very strong wind
fields and a destabilizing airmass will support the potential for
embedded circulations in the squall line to pose a risk for damaging
gusts (55-70 mph) and a threat for tornadoes.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 95 statute miles
east and west of a line from 50 miles north of Raleigh NC to 10
miles south of Charleston SC. For a complete depiction of the watch
see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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 25...

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 300. Mean
storm motion vector 24035.

...Smith

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