Storm Prediction Center Severe Thunderstorm Watch 134

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   SEL4

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 134
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   235 PM EDT Mon Apr 7 2025

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Eastern North Carolina
     Eastern South Carolina
     Southeast Virginia
     Coastal Waters

   * Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 235 PM until
     1000 PM EDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
     A tornado or two possible

   SUMMARY...Clusters of strong/severe storms including bowing segments
   should continue to evolve this afternoon, posing mainly a wind
   damage risk.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
   statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles west southwest
   of Myrtle Beach SC to 30 miles north of Elizabeth City 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.

   &&

   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 133...

   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 550. Mean storm motion vector
   23035.

   ...Guyer

   SEL4

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 134
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   235 PM EDT Mon Apr 7 2025

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Eastern North Carolina
     Eastern South Carolina
     Southeast Virginia
     Coastal Waters

   * Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 235 PM until
     1000 PM EDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
     A tornado or two possible

   SUMMARY...Clusters of strong/severe storms including bowing segments
   should continue to evolve this afternoon, posing mainly a wind
   damage risk.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
   statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles west southwest
   of Myrtle Beach SC to 30 miles north of Elizabeth City 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.

   &&

   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 133...

   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 550. Mean storm motion vector
   23035.

   ...Guyer

Note:
The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area.
The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.

   SAW4 
   WW 134 SEVERE TSTM NC SC VA CW 071835Z - 080200Z
   AXIS..60 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..
   40WSW CRE/MYRTLE BEACH SC/ - 30N ECG/ELIZABETH CITY NC/
   ..AVIATION COORDS.. 50NM E/W /41NE CHS - 11S ORF/
   HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..1 INCH. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
   MAX TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.

   LAT...LON 33458061 36707726 36707510 33457853

   THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
   FOR WOU4.

Watch 134 Status Report Message has not been issued yet.

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Tornadoes

Wind

Hail

Combined Severe Hail/Wind

For each watch, probabilities for particular events inside the watch
(listed above in each table) are determined by the issuing forecaster.
The “Low” category contains probability values ranging from less than 2%
to 20% (EF2-EF5 tornadoes), less than 5% to 20% (all other probabilities),
“Moderate” from 30% to 60%, and “High” from 70% to greater than 95%.
High values are bolded and lighter in color to provide awareness of
an increased threat for a particular event.