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SEL7 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 687 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 855 PM EDT Thu Sep 26 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Central and Eastern Georgia Southern North Carolina South Carolina Coastal Waters * Effective this Thursday night and Friday morning from 855 PM until 800 AM EDT. * Primary threats include... Several tornadoes likely SUMMARY...Low-topped thunderstorms associated with Hurricane Helene will pose a threat for several tornadoes this evening through much of the overnight period, and continuing into early Friday morning. The tornado watch area is approximately along and 100 statute miles east and west of a line from 20 miles south of Vidalia GA to 40 miles west northwest of Fayetteville NC. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7). 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 684...WW 685...WW 686... 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 500. Mean storm motion vector 18050. ...Gleason