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SEL6 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. && 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