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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 325

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

220 PM EDT WED JUN 16 2010



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 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 220 PM UNTIL

900 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 65

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

NORFOLK VIRGINIA TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF NEW BERN NORTH CAROLINA.

FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 ARE INCREASING AHEAD OF A WEAK

MCV OVER CENTRAL NC...AND ALONG THE SEA-BREEZE OVER EASTERN NC.  THE

AIRMASS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA IS VERY MOIST/UNSTABLE AND CONDUCIVE

FOR LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED HAIL.  ACTIVITY SHOULD

PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENTUALLY SPREAD

NORTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHEAST VA.



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 27015.





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