Tornado Watch 29

Issued

Feb 24, 2016, 6:50 PM EST (23:50 UTC)

Expired

Feb 24, 2016, 11:00 PM EST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1.5 in

Strongest gust expected

65 kt

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

70%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

60%

Ten or more severe wind reports

60%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

30%

Ten or more severe hail reports

10%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

10%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

70%

• Mesoscale Discussion 148Feb 24, 2:55 PM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 150Feb 24, 4:46 PM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 151Feb 24, 6:40 PM EST

119 
WWUS20 KWNS 242345
SEL9  
SPC WW 242345
NCZ000-SCZ000-CWZ000-250400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 29
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
620 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  FAR NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
  COASTAL WATERS

* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING FROM 620 PM UNTIL 1100 PM EST.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A FEW TORNADOES AND A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES LIKELY
  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE

SUMMARY...SCATTERED SUPERCELLS WITH THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES...ONE
OR TWO OF WHICH COULD BE STRONG...IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WIND AND
SEVERE HAIL EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH LATER TONIGHT EASTWARD TO
THE NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL WATERS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
ELIZABETH CITY NORTH CAROLINA TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF WILMINGTON
NORTH CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 26. WATCH NUMBER 26 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 620
PM EST. CONTINUE...WW 27...WW 28...

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22050.


...CORFIDI

Tornado Watches in North Carolina, 2016Tornado Watches in South Carolina, 2016Every tornado watch in 2016

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.