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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 401

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

110 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 110 PM UNTIL

  700 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING ALONG A BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM

SOUTHEAST VA INTO EASTERN NC.  THESE STORMS WILL TRACK SLOWLY

EASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON...POSING A THREAT OF

LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND PERHAPS A TORNADO OR TWO.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTH

SOUTHWEST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA TO 30 MILES WEST OF

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

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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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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 500. MEAN STORM MOTION

VECTOR 29025.





...HART

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