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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 483

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

300 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

       SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL

1000 PM EDT.



HAIL TO 1.5 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 80

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

FAYETTEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA TO 55 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF NORFOLK

VIRGINIA.  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.



DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS

AFTERNOON ACROSS THE PIEDMONT/COASTAL PLAIN OF NC AS WELL AS

SOUTHERN VA. ALONG/NEAR MULTIPLE SURFACE BOUNDARIES/CONVERGENCE

ZONES ACROSS THE REGION...THE AIRMASS IS MOIST WITH LOWER 70S F

DEWPOINTS AND AT LEAST MODERATE INSTABILITY IN MOST AREAS. SCENARIO

WILL SUPPORT DOWNBURSTS/DAMAGING WINDS AND SOME MARGINALLY SEVERE

HAIL WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING.



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

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 29015.





...GUYER/WEISS

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