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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 90
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Very Low

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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
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