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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 262

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

800 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM 800 PM

  UNTIL 300 AM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...LINE OF SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD

ACROSS VIRGINIA THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH A CONTINUED RISK FOR DAMAGING

WIND GUSTS.  MORE ISOLATED STORMS AHEAD OF THE LINE MAY POSE A LARGE

HAIL RISK FOR THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS ACROSS CENTRAL VIRGINIA.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70

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

NORTHEAST OF RICHMOND VIRGINIA TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

RICHMOND VIRGINIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 261...



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 31035.





...THOMPSON

