WW 433 SEVERE TSTM NC VA 021825Z – 022200Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 433 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 225 PM EDT Sun Jul 2 2023 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of North-central North Carolina South-central Virginia * Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 225 PM until 600 PM EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible SUMMARY...A small cluster over southwest Virginia should progress east-southeast into north-central North Carolina with a continued threat for isolated damaging winds over the next few hours. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles north northwest of Raleigh NC to 15 miles southeast of Roanoke Rapids NC. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3). 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 430...WW 431...WW 432... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 28035. ...Grams
