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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 657

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

255 PM EDT Sat Sep 5 2026



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Eastern North Carolina

  Northeast South Carolina

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 255 PM until

  1000 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorm clusters will continue to pose a threat for

scattered severe/damaging winds as they spread east-southeastward

this afternoon and evening. Isolated severe hail may also occur with

any cells that can remain at least semi-discrete.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 90

statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles northwest of

Elizabeth City NC to 40 miles southwest of Wilmington NC. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are

favorable for 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. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce

tornadoes.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 656...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

31030.



...Gleason