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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 783

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

ISSUED BY AFWA OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE BELLEVUE NE

150 PM EDT THU JUL 31 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTH CAROLINA

       NORTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA

       SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 150 PM UNTIL

900 PM EDT.



HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 125

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF NORFOLK VIRGINIA TO 40 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH

SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 782...



DISCUSSION...CONVECTION IS ORGANIZING EAST OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE PIEDMONT

INTO MID 90S AIRMASS. DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED.



AVIATION...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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 31020.





...AFWA

