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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 488

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

310 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEAST MARYLAND

  MUCH OF NORTH CAROLINA

  SOUTHERN AND EASTERN VIRGINIA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 310 PM

  UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS MUCH OF NC

AND VA...TRACKING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.  CONDITIONS

APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF LOCALLY

DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.  THE RISK OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO WILL

ALSO INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST

OF HICKORY NORTH CAROLINA TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF PATUXENT

RIVER MARYLAND.  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.



&&



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 450. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 25030.





...HART

