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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 716

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1235 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL/EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

       SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1235 PM UNTIL

800 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 95

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF NORFOLK VIRGINIA TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

JACKSONVILLE NORTH CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE

WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 712...WW 713...WW

714...WW 715...



DISCUSSION...AIDED BY A GRADUALLY DESTABILIZING BOUNDARY

LAYER...STRONG/SEVERE TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO STEADILY

INCREASE AND SPREAD EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL/EASTERN NC AND

SOUTHEAST VA THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. SCENARIO IS FAVORABLE

FOR SMALL BOWING SEGMENTS/PERHAPS A FEW SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF

PRIMARILY DAMAGING WINDS...ALONG WITH SEVERE HAIL AS WELL.



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 26030.





...GUYER/MEAD

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