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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 480

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 480

[html]WW 480 SEVERE TSTM MD NC VA CW 211705Z - 220000Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 480
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
105 PM EDT Thu Jul 21 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Maryland Eastern Shore
  Central and Northeast North Carolina
  Southern and Southeast Virginia
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 105 PM until
  800 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...A cluster of thunderstorms developing over north-central
North Carolina will track east-northeastward across the watch area
through the afternoon.  Damaging winds are the main threat.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles south of
Greensboro NC to 20 miles south of Wallops VA. For a co*plete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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...c*NTINUE...WW 479...

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
25025.

...Hart


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 480 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0480.html)