SPC Tornado Watch 187
SPC Tornado Watch 187
[html]WW 187 TORNADO NC VA WV CW 061830Z - 070200Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 187
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
230 PM EDT Fri May 6 2022
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
North Carolina
Virginia
Far Southern West Virginia
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 230 PM until
1000 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
A few tornadoes likely
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY...Supercell storms are expected to develop across the region
this afternoon, with the greatest severe-storm/tornado risk expected
to be located across northern North Carolina and southern Virginia
through early evening near a northward-shifting warm front.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 105 statute miles
north and south of a line from 45 miles northwest of Greensboro NC
to 10 miles northeast of Elizabeth City NC. For a co*plete depiction
of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU7).
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...c*NTINUE...WW 184...WW 185...WW 186...
AVIATION...Tornadoes and 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 550. Mean
storm motion vector 25030.
...Guyer
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Source: SPC Tornado Watch 187 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0187.html)