Tornado Watch 52

Issued

Apr 15, 2018, 12:13 PM EDT (16:13 UTC)

Expired

Apr 15, 2018, 8:49 PM EDT

In force

9 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

70%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

70%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

20%

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

80%

• Mesoscale Discussion 266Apr 15, 11:15 AM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 268Apr 15, 2:29 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 270Apr 15, 3:17 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 272Apr 15, 5:45 PM EDT

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 52
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1215 PM EDT Sun Apr 15 2018

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  East Georgia
  Western North Carolina
  South Carolina
  Far southern Virginia
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 1215 PM until
  700 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A few tornadoes likely
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

SUMMARY...Bands of storms will continue to intensify and race
northeastward through the afternoon and early evening. A highly
sheared environment will support the possibility of line-embedded
circulations capable of tornadoes aside from wind damage, especially
with the more prominent bowing segments.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles
east and west of a line from 75 miles north northeast of Hickory NC
to 75 miles south southeast of Augusta GA. For a complete depiction
of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU2).

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 51...

AVIATION...Tornadoes and 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 500. Mean
storm motion vector 21040.

...Guyer

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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.