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SPC Tornado Watch 569

WW 569 TORNADO NC SC VA CW 111115Z – 112000Z

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 569
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
615 AM EST Fri Nov 11 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  Central and eastern North Carolina
  Northeastern South Carolina
  Central and eastern Virginia
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Friday morning and afternoon from 615 AM until
  300 PM EST.

* Primary threats include...
  A few tornadoes likely
  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...The tornado threat well northeast of T.D. Nicole's center
is expected to expand considerably northward/inland through
early/mid afternoon, as Nicole accelerates into the western
Carolinas, and its outer convective bands interact with a broadly
destabilizing air mass.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 105 statute miles
either side of a line from 35 miles south southwest of Florence SC
to 45 miles east northeast of Richmond VA. For a complete depiction
of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU9).

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 568...

AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 0 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean
storm motion vector 12035.

...Edwards

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