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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 327

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

655 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 655 PM

  UNTIL 100 AM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...IN THE PRESENCE OF MODEST SHEAR...CLUSTERS OF STORMS WILL

CONTINUE EASTWARD ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA WITHIN A

HOT/UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT. DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY RISK

THROUGH THE EVENING.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES NORTH

NORTHEAST OF NEW BERN NORTH CAROLINA TO 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST

OF JACKSONVILLE NORTH CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE

WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 323...WW 324...WW

325...WW 326...



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 26035.





...GUYER

