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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 466

WW 466 SEVERE TSTM NC VA CW 091600Z – 092200Z


URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 466
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1200 PM EDT Sun Jul 9 2023

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Central and Eastern North Carolina
  South-Central and Southeast Virginia
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from NOON until 600
  PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...Ongoing line of thunderstorms is expected to continue
moving eastward across southern Virginia and central/eastern North
Carolina through the afternoon. Environmental conditions suggest
strong to severe storms are possible within this line, with damaging
gusts as the main threat.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 90
statute miles east and west of a line from 10 miles southwest of
Fayetteville NC to 30 miles northeast of South Hill VA. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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 465...

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
24035.

...Mosier

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