Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 90
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
405 PM EDT Mon Mar 31 2025
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Central into Southern North Carolina
Northeast South Carolina
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 405 PM until
1000 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
SUMMARY…Small thunderstorm clusters and a linear band of
thunderstorms will move east across much of the Watch area this
afternoon into the evening. The stronger thunderstorms will pose
primarily a risk for scattered damaging gusts (55-70 mph).
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75
statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles north northeast
of Raleigh NC to 40 miles southeast of Florence SC. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
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 87…WW 88…WW 89…
AVIATION…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 450. Mean storm motion vector
26040.
…Smith
Note: The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area. The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.
SAW0
WW 90 SEVERE TSTM NC SC CW 312005Z – 010200Z
AXIS..75 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..
40NNE RDU/RALEIGH NC/ – 40SE FLO/FLORENCE SC/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 65NM E/W /34NNE RDU – 35SE FLO/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..1 INCH. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26040.
LAT…LON 36397716 33757792 33758053 36397985
THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
FOR WOU0.
Watch 90 Status Report Message has not been issued yet.
Note: Click for Complete Product Text.Tornadoes
Probability of 2 or more tornadoes
Low (10%)
Probability of 1 or more strong (EF2-EF5) tornadoes
Low ( 65 knots
Low (20%)
Hail
Probability of 10 or more severe hail events
Low (10%)
Probability of 1 or more hailstones > 2 inches
Low (