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SEL7 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 607 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 435 PM EDT Tue Aug 6 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Southeast North Carolina Northeast South Carolina Coastal Waters * Effective this Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning from 435 PM until 100 AM EDT. * Primary threats include... A couple tornadoes possible SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will continue to track inland and affect the watch area this evening. Favorable wind shear will maintain a risk of isolated tornadoes at the activity moves ashore. The tornado watch area is approximately along and 30 statute miles either side of a line from 50 miles west southwest of Myrtle Beach SC to 20 miles southeast of New Bern 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 603...WW 605...WW 606... 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 14035. ...Hart