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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 193

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

100 PM EDT THU MAY 21 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 100 PM UNTIL

  800 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 WILL DEVELOP/INTENSIFY ACROSS ERN NC THIS

AFTERNOON AND SPREAD EWD TO THE COAST BY THIS EVENING.  ORGANIZED

CLUSTERS AND/OR SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED WITH A RISK FOR DAMAGING

WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.  AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT

ACROSS E CENTRAL NC.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTH

NORTHEAST OF NEW BERN NORTH CAROLINA TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST

OF FAYETTEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE

WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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.



&&



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 27025.





...THOMPSON

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 193

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

100 PM EDT THU MAY 21 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 100 PM UNTIL

  800 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 WILL DEVELOP/INTENSIFY ACROSS ERN NC THIS

AFTERNOON AND SPREAD EWD TO THE COAST BY THIS EVENING.  ORGANIZED

CLUSTERS AND/OR SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED WITH A RISK FOR DAMAGING

WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.  AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT

ACROSS E CENTRAL NC.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTH

NORTHEAST OF NEW BERN NORTH CAROLINA TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST

OF FAYETTEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE

WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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.



&&



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 27025.





...THOMPSON

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