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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 327
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 327
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   110 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
          PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 110 PM UNTIL
   800 PM EDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES EAST
   NORTHEAST OF NORFOLK VIRGINIA TO 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
   HICKORY NORTH CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH
   SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
   
   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.
   
   DISCUSSION...STRONG WESTERLY WIND FIELDS ACROSS MID ATLANTIC STATES
   WITH STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES IN PLACE.  AIRMASS IS BECOMING
   MDTLY UNSTABLE AS HEATING WEAKENS CONVECTIVE INHIBITION E OF SRN
   APPALACHIANS.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EWD FROM
   APPALACHIANS AND FORM IN TO SHORT LINES/BOWS WITH PRIMARILY THREAT
   OF WIND DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL.  SUPERCELLS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS
   STORMS MOVE INTO MORE UNSTABLE AIR SERN VA/NERN NC DURING AFTERNOON.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 26045.
   
   
   ...HALES
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