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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 319

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

415 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA



EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 415 PM UNTIL 900

PM EDT.



HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES EAST

NORTHEAST OF GREENSBORO NORTH CAROLINA TO 25 MILES SOUTH

SOUTHWEST OF SOUTHERN PINES NORTH CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 316...WW 317...WW 318...



DISCUSSION...CLUSTER OF STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN NC

WILL TRACK SOUTHEASTWARD AND ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THE EARLY

EVENING.  STRONG INSTABILITY AND SUFFICIENT FLOW ALOFT...COUPLED

WITH STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES...WILL PROMOTE THE RISK OF LOCALLY

DAMAGING WINDS IN THE STRONGER CELLS.



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 31030.





...HART

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