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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 18

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

735 PM EST Sat Jan 11 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Northwest North Carolina

  Southern Virginia

  Far Southern West Virginia



* Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 735 PM

  until 100 AM EST.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75

    mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...A fast-moving line of storms will continue to race

northeastward this evening and pose a damaging wind risk across the

region this evening, and possibly into the overnight. A short-lived

tornado cannot be ruled out.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50

statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles south

southwest of Bluefield WV to 35 miles east of Lynchburg 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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 15...WW 16...WW 17...



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

0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

24045.



...Guyer

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