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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 453

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1255 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 1255 AM UNTIL 500 AM EDT.



HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 35

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST OF

HICKORY NORTH CAROLINA TO 5 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF RALEIGH

NORTH CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 449...WW 451...WW 452...



DISCUSSION...LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY

EXTENDS FROM SOUTH-CENTRAL VA EXTREME WESTERN NC.  THESE STORMS ARE

EXPECTED TO SLOWLY LOSE INTENSITY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...BUT THE

STRONGEST STORMS MAY REMAIN CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.



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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 30035.





...HART

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