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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 70

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

720 PM EDT Sun Apr 14 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Western North Carolina

  Western Virginia

  West Virginia



* Effective this Sunday night and Monday morning from 720 PM

  until 200 AM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Bands of storms will quickly spread northeastward across

the region this evening with damaging winds the main risk.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50

statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles north northwest

of Elkins WV to 50 miles south southwest of Bluefield WV. 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 62...WW 63...WW 65...WW

66...WW 67...WW 68...WW 69...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few

cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector

23035.



...Guyer

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