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SEL0 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 90 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 405 PM EDT Mon Mar 31 2025 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Central into Southern North Carolina Northeast South Carolina Coastal Waters * Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 405 PM until 1000 PM EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely SUMMARY...Small thunderstorm clusters and a linear band of thunderstorms will move east across much of the Watch area this afternoon into the evening. The stronger thunderstorms will pose primarily a risk for scattered damaging gusts (55-70 mph). The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75 statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles north northeast of Raleigh NC to 40 miles southeast of Florence SC. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are favorable for 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. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce tornadoes. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 87...WW 88...WW 89... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector 26040. ...Smith