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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 414

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

620 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

  CENTRAL AND WESTERN VIRGINIA



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 620 PM

  UNTIL 100 AM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75

    MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...LONG-LIVED COMPLEX OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE

TO POSE A THREAT FOR DAMAGING GUSTS AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS

OF WESTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA...AND INTO THE PIEDMONT

AREAS.  SEE SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1397 FOR INITIAL METEOROLOGICAL

DETAILS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

SOUTHERN PINES NORTH CAROLINA TO 15 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

STAUNTON VIRGINIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 410...WW 411...WW

412...WW 413...



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

TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS.

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

VECTOR 30035.





...EDWARDS

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