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Tornado Watch 51
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WW0051 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Low

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Tornado Watch Number 51
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   610 AM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Tornado Watch for portions of 
     Southeast Georgia
     Southern North Carolina
     Central and Eastern South Carolina
     Coastal Waters

   * Effective this Sunday morning and afternoon from 610 AM until
     200 PM EDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     A couple tornadoes possible
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
     Isolated large hail events to 0.5 inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...A broken band of thunderstorms will continue east into the
   Watch area this morning within a weakly unstable airmass with very
   strong flow aloft.  A greater risk for wind damage along with a
   threat for a couple of tornadoes, will seemingly focus with
   organized bowing segments and perhaps a few embedded circulations
   within the band of thunderstorms.

   The tornado watch area is approximately along and 80 statute miles
   east and west of a line from 35 miles north northeast of
   Fayetteville NC to 45 miles southwest of Savannah GA. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

   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 50...

   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 450. Mean
   storm motion vector 25040.

   ...Smith
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