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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 578

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

300 PM EDT Tue Aug 13 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Central and eastern North Carolina

  Southeast Virginia

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 300 PM until

  900 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible



SUMMARY...A loosely organized line of storms across western North

Carolina and southwest Virginia should continue east, while

additional cells downstream may develop into multicell clusters.

Damaging winds are the primary hazard.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles west northwest

of Norfolk VA to 20 miles south southwest of Southern Pines NC. 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 576...WW 577...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A few

cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

27025.



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