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WWUS20 KWNS 161252
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 66
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
855 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
CENTRAL VIRGINIA
* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 855 AM UNTIL
200 PM EDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SEVERAL TORNADOES AND A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES LIKELY
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT
GUSTS TO 85 MPH LIKELY
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...A FAST-MOVING LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL SWEEP
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS, POSING A RISK OF
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND A FEW TORNADOES. STRONG
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF WHITE
SULPHUR SPRINGS WV TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF SOUTHERN PINES NC.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 63...WW 64...WW 65...
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 75 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.
...HART
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