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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 418

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

945 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 945 PM

  UNTIL 200 AM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS RELATED TO THE NORTH END OF A

LONG-LIVED COMPLEX HAS RE-INTENSIFIED OVER SOUTHERN VIRGINIA AND

NORTH CAROLINA.  THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD MERGE WITH ISOLATED

THUNDERSTORMS IMMEDIATELY TO ITS EAST AND MAINTAIN A COLD POOL WITH

AT LEAST MARGINAL SEVERE-WIND POTENTIAL EASTWARD TOWARD I-95.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH

NORTHWEST OF SOUTH HILL VIRGINIA TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

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

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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 411...WW 413...WW

414...WW 415...WW 416...WW 417...



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 500. MEAN STORM MOTION

VECTOR 27030.





...EDWARDS

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