WW 439 SEVERE TSTM MD NC VA CW 031845Z – 040200Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 439
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
245 PM EDT Mon Jul 3 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Far southeast Maryland
Eastern and northwest North Carolina
Southern Virginia
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 245 PM until
1000 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
to 75 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY...A few widely spaced multicell clusters will likely
develop, initially along the coastal plain of North Carolina and
Virginia, and separately off the higher terrain near the North
Carolina and Virginia border.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles south southwest
of Wilmington NC to 55 miles west northwest of Wallops VA. 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.
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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 438...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 600. Mean storm motion vector
22030.
...Grams
