URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 723
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
955 PM EST Sun Dec 17 2023

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of 
  Eastern North Carolina
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Sunday night and Monday morning from 955 PM
  until 200 AM EST.

* Primary threats include...
  A couple tornadoes possible
  Isolated damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible

SUMMARY...The risk for isolated severe thunderstorms will continue
to slowly shift east across eastern North Carolina tonight.  A
couple of supercells may pose an isolated threat for damaging gusts
and possibly a tornado or two.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 35 statute miles
east and west of a line from 70 miles north northeast of Cape
Hatteras NC to 70 miles southwest of Cape Hatteras NC. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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 55 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean
storm motion vector 19040.

...Smith