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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 278

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

445 PM EDT Sat May 27 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Northeast North Carolina

  Eastern Virginia

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 445 PM until

  1000 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2

    inches in diameter possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms are forming over central Virginia.

 These storms will track eastward across the watch area this

afternoon and evening, posing a risk of locally damaging wind gusts

and hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80

statute miles north and south of a line from Lynchburg VA to 10

miles east southeast of Norfolk VA. 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 275...WW 276...WW 277...



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

27030.



...Hart

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