URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 680
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
955 AM EDT Sun Oct 11 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  Central and Southern North Carolina
  Northeast South Carolina
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Sunday morning and afternoon from 955 AM until
  500 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A couple tornadoes possible
  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 60 mph possible

SUMMARY...A broken band of strong to severe thunderstorms is
forecast to move across the Watch area through the late morning and
into the afternoon.  A few supercells will pose a risk for a couple
of tornadoes.  Isolated damaging gusts are also possible.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles
east and west of a line from 30 miles west northwest of Roanoke
Rapids NC to 15 miles east southeast of Myrtle Beach SC. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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.

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AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 50 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean
storm motion vector 24030.

...Smith