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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 68

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

325 PM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  East central and northeast North Carolina

  Southeast Virginia

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 325 PM until

  900 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms have developed along a pre-frontal

trough across North Carolina, and additional storms may form along a

sea breeze boundary farther to the east.  The storms will spread

northeastward toward southeast Virginia and will be capable of

producing damaging winds, as well as an isolated tornado and

marginally severe hail through this evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70

statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles east of

Fayetteville NC to 15 miles east northeast of Norfolk VA. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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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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 500. Mean storm motion vector

24045.



...Thompson

