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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 291

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

350 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTH CAROLINA

  WESTERN AND SOUTHERN VIRGINIA

  SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 350 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER

    POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND DEVELOP

GENERALLY SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING. A

SUPERCELL RISK WILL EXIST ESPECIALLY ALONG A RESIDUAL OUTFLOW

BOUNDARY...WHERE SOME TORNADO RISK MAY EXIST. SOME SEVERE HAIL AND

DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IF A SOUTHEAST-MOVING

LINEAR CONVECTIVE SYSTEM DEVELOPS AND MOVES ACROSS THE REGION.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH

NORTHWEST OF DUBLIN VIRGINIA TO 35 MILES EAST OF GOLDSBORO NORTH

CAROLINA.  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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 289...WW 290...



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 31025.





...GUYER

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