Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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SEL4
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 14
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
940 AM EST Sun Feb 16 2025
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Eastern North Carolina
Southeast Virginia
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Sunday morning and afternoon from 940 AM until
300 PM EST.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
SUMMARY…A fast-moving convective line will move east across the
Watch area. Scattered damaging gusts will be the primary severe
hazard before the severe threat moves east of the coast.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles north northeast
of Elizabeth City NC to 35 miles southwest of Wilmington NC. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
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 12…WW 13…
AVIATION…A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 300. Mean storm motion vector
26050.
…Smith
Note: The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area. The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.
SAW4
WW 14 SEVERE TSTM NC VA CW 161440Z – 162000Z
AXIS..70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..
45NNE ECG/ELIZABETH CITY NC/ – 35SW ILM/WILMINGTON NC/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 60NM E/W /16E ORF – 35SW ILM/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..0.5 INCH. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 300. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26050.
LAT…LON 36867460 33917711 33917955 36867712
THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
FOR WOU4.
Watch 14 Status Report Message has not been issued yet.
Note: Click for Complete Product Text.Tornadoes
Probability of 2 or more tornadoes
Low (