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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 119

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

420 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WESTERN AND ORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA

  WESTERN AND SOUTHERN VIRGINIA

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 420 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL

    EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY



SUMMARY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS /INCLUDING A FEW SUPERCELLS/

EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND STRENGTH THROUGH EARLY

TONIGHT...EVENTUALLY MERGING INTO CLUSTERS POSING A RISK FOR LARGE

HAIL...LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND...AND PERHAPS A TORNADO.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH

NORTHEAST OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA TO 40 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST

OF RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH

SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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.



&&



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 29035.





...CORFIDI

