Month: August 2024
SPC Tornado Watch 610
WW 610 TORNADO NC SC CW 072000Z – 080300Z 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 610 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 400 PM EDT Wed Aug 7 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Southern Coastal North Carolina Far Northern Coastal South Carolina Coastal Waters * Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 400 PM until 1100 PM EDT. * Primary threats include... A couple tornadoes possible SUMMARY...Rain bands continue to rotate around Tropical Storm Debby. A few stronger thunderstorms with the potential to produce brief tornadoes are possible within these bands. The tornado watch area is approximately along and 30 statute miles north and south of a line from 15 miles west southwest of Myrtle Beach SC to 25 miles southeast of New Bern NC. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0). 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. && 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 400. Mean storm motion vector 14030. ...Mosier
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