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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 138

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

215 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN KENTUCKY

  WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  NORTHEASTERN TENNESSEE

  WESTERN VIRGINIA

  SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 215 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING OVER THE

SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION AND POSE A RISK FOR ISOLATED LARGE HAIL

AND DOWNBURST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 115

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

STAUNTON VIRGINIA TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOT SPRINGS NORTH

CAROLINA.  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.



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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 24035.





...DIAL

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