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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 385

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1245 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

  MARYLAND

  NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA

  THE EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1245 PM

  UNTIL 800 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70

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

MARTINSBURG WEST VIRGINIA TO 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF DANVILLE

VIRGINIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 384...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS FORMING ALONG HIGHER TERRAIN IN ZONE OF

CONFLUENCE ATTENDANT TO UPR IMPULSE NOW OVER WRN PA EXPECTED TO

INCREASE IN COVERAGE/STRENGTH WITH CONTINUED SFC HEATING THROUGH THE

AFTN. WHILE DEEP WSWLY SHEAR DECREASES WITH SWD EXTENT...SUFFICIENT

SHEAR APPEARS PRESENT THROUGHOUT WW AREA PER VWP DATA TO SUPPORT

ORGANIZED STORMS WITH A THREAT FOR LOCALLY DMGG WIND AND PERHAPS SVR

HAIL GIVEN DEGREE OF BUOYANCY/MOISTURE PRESENT.



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 550. MEAN STORM MOTION

VECTOR 24025.





...CORFIDI

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