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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 330

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

230 PM EDT Wed Jun 5 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southeast Maryland

  Central North Carolina

  Southeast Virginia

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 230 PM

  until 1000 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms have begun to form across the watch area.

Activity should continue to increase in coverage through the

afternoon, with damaging winds and hail possible in the strongest

cells.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles northeast of

Patuxent River MD to 5 miles south southwest of Southern Pines NC.

For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch

outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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 329...



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

25030.



...Hart

