Tornado Watch 195

Issued

May 5, 2017, 3:09 AM EDT (07:09 UTC)

Expired

May 5, 2017, 9:00 AM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

0.5 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

30%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

10%

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

50%

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 195
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
305 AM EDT Fri May 5 2017

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  Parts of central and eastern North Carolina
  Northeastern South Carolina
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Friday morning from 305 AM until 900 AM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A couple tornadoes possible
  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...Broken bands of storms will spread northeastward into
central/eastern North Carolina and northeastern South Carolina
through the morning.  The storm environment will be favorable for a
continued risk for embedded rotating storms and line segments
capable of producing a couple of tornadoes and damaging gusts.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 75 statute miles
east and west of a line from 35 miles northeast of Raleigh NC to 25
miles east southeast of Myrtle Beach SC. For a complete depiction of
the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU5).

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 194. Watch number 194 will not be in effect after
305 AM EDT. 

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 400. Mean
storm motion vector 21040.

...Thompson

Tornado Watches in North Carolina, 2017Tornado Watches in South Carolina, 2017Every tornado watch in 2017

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.