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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 228

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 228

[html]WW 228 SEVERE TSTM NC VA CW 161715Z - 170100Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 228
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
115 PM EDT Mon May 16 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Central to eastern North Carolina
  Southeast Virginia
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 115 PM until
  900 PM EDT.

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

SUMMARY...Multiple rounds of thunderstorm development are expected
through the rest of the afternoon with a mix of discrete cells and
multicell clusters spreading east.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 95
statute miles east and west of a line from 60 miles north of Norfolk
VA to 35 miles east southeast of Southern Pines NC. For a co*plete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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 225...WW 226...WW 227...

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 450. Mean storm motion vector
26030.

...Grams


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 228 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0228.html)