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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 595

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

235 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHEAST MARYLAND

       NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

       EASTERN VIRGINIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 235 PM UNTIL

1000 PM 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 75

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST

OF SOUTH HILL VIRGINIA TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORFOLK VIRGINIA.

 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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 593...WW 594...



DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING ALONG A BOUNDARY

ACROSS SOUTHERN VA.  OTHER STORMS FARTHER WEST OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF

EASTERN WV AND WESTERN VA MAY SPREAD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA LATER

THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  HIGH CAPE VALUES AND SUFFICIENT FLOW

ALOFT WILL POSE A RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS GUSTS AND HAIL IN THE

STRONGER CELLS.



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 27025.





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