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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 139

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

535 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

  EASTERN VIRGINIA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 535 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO THE

WATCH AREA FROM THE WEST.  CONDITIONS APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR HAIL AND

DAMAGING WINDS IN THE STRONGER CELLS THROUGH THE EVENING.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH

SOUTHWEST OF ROANOKE RAPIDS NORTH CAROLINA TO 60 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF WALLOPS VIRGINIA.  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 138...



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 24030.





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