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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 379

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

535 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 535 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS NOW EXITING THE SOUTH

CAROLINA PIEDMONT WILL BE CAPABLE OF LOCALLY SEVERE WIND GUSTS AND

PERHAPS AN INSTANCE OR TWO OF MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AS IT MOVES

GENERALLY EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS WATCH AREA THROUGH MID-EVENING.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA TO 70 MILES NORTHEAST OF FLORENCE

SOUTH CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 371...WW 372...WW

373...WW 374...WW 375...WW 376...WW 377...WW 378...



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.

A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION

VECTOR 24025.





...CORFIDI

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