Tornado Watch 496

Issued

Oct 8, 2016, 7:20 AM EDT (11:20 UTC)

Expired

Oct 8, 2016, 3:18 PM EDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

0.5 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

Counties Brunswick County, NC, Carteret County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Craven County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pender County, NC

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

5%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

5%

Ten or more severe hail reports

5%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

5%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

30%

• Mesoscale Discussion 1777Oct 8, 7:00 AM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1778Oct 8, 2:23 PM EDT

586 
WWUS20 KWNS 081117
SEL6  
SPC WW 081117
NCZ000-SCZ000-CWZ000-082000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 496
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
720 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  PORTIONS OF COASTAL NORTH CAROLINA
  THE EXTREME NORTHEAST COAST OF SOUTH CAROLINA
  COASTAL WATERS

* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 720 AM UNTIL
  400 PM EDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

SUMMARY...MINI SUPERCELLS WILL CONTINUE TO FORM AND ROTATE
NORTHWESTWARD IN BROKEN BANDS WELL TO THE NE OF THE CENTER OF
HURRICANE MATTHEW...AS THE STORM MOVES NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE SOUTH
CAROLINA COAST.  THE MORE FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR A COUPLE OF
TORNADOES WILL SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD TODAY...AND WILL BE CONFINED TO
A NARROW ZONE NEAR THE COAST.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 20 STATUTE
MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILMINGTON
NORTH CAROLINA TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW BERN NORTH CAROLINA. 
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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.

&&

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 14045.


...THOMPSON

Tornado Watches in North 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.