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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 442
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WW0442 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL2
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 442
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1255 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
          SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1255 PM UNTIL
   800 PM EDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST
   NORTHWEST OF GREENSBORO NORTH CAROLINA TO 20 MILES NORTH
   NORTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE
   DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
   
   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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 441. WATCH NUMBER 441 WILL NOT
   BE IN EFFECT AFTER 1255 PM EDT. 
   
   DISCUSSION...A SMALL MCS NEAR NC/VA BORDER WILL MOVE INTO AN
   INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT THIS AFTERNOON...WITH MLCAPE AOA
   4000 J/KG AND WEAKENING CONVECTIVE INHIBITION.  GIVEN THE UNUSUALLY
   STEEP LAPSE RATE PROFILES AND THE SRN EDGE OF THE 30-40 KT MIDLEVEL
   FLOW...POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR UPSCALE GROWTH OF THE CLUSTER AND A
   SWATH OF DAMAGING WINDS/LARGE HAIL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 600. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 29035.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON
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