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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 211

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

745 PM EDT Thu May 11 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Northern and central North Carolina



* Effective this Thursday night and Friday morning from 745 PM

  until 100 AM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms currently along the North Carolina/Virginia

border will track southeastward across the watch area this evening.

The more intense cells will pose a risk of large hail and damaging

wind gusts.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70

statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles northeast of

Greensboro NC to 5 miles east of Goldsboro NC. 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 208...WW 209...WW 210...



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

2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector

30030.



...Hart

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