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SEL4 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 684 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 830 AM EDT Thu Sep 26 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Eastern Georgia Central and Southern South Carolina Coastal Waters * Effective this Thursday morning and evening from 830 AM until 900 PM EDT. * Primary threats include... Several tornadoes likely SUMMARY...A long-duration and gradually increasing tornado threat will exist in association with the increasingly strong low-level winds on the northeast periphery of Hurricane Helene. The tornado watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles south of Savannah GA to 30 miles north of Columbia SC. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4). 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 683... AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 0 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 16025. ...Guyer