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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 360

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

350 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA

  SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  EXTREME SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA



* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 350 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...CLUSTER OF STORMS HAS BEGUN TO ACCELERATE TO THE

EAST-SOUTHEAST OVER SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...AND THESE STORMS SHOULD

MAINTAIN INTENSITY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON/EVENING

INTO VIRGINIA.  THE STORM ENVIRONMENT WILL SUPPORT DAMAGING WINDS AS

THE MAIN SEVERE RISK...THOUGH ISOLATED LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE

WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH

NORTHWEST OF LYNCHBURG VIRGINIA TO 70 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

DUBLIN VIRGINIA.  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 355...WW 356...WW

357...WW 358...WW 359...



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 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 29040.





...THOMPSON

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