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SEL5
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 205
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
255 PM EDT Tue May 9 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Eastern North Carolina
Southern Virginia
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 255 PM until
1000 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
SUMMARY...Storms will continue to develop and increase across the
region, resulting in a few supercells and organized storm clusters,
which will be capable of large hail and damaging winds.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80
statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles west northwest
of Rocky Mount NC to 25 miles north northeast of Cape Hatteras NC.
For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch
outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
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.
&&
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 204...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
29025.
...Guyer
SEL5
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 205
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
255 PM EDT Tue May 9 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Eastern North Carolina
Southern Virginia
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 255 PM until
1000 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
SUMMARY...Storms will continue to develop and increase across the
region, resulting in a few supercells and organized storm clusters,
which will be capable of large hail and damaging winds.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80
statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles west northwest
of Rocky Mount NC to 25 miles north northeast of Cape Hatteras NC.
For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch
outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
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.
&&
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 204...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
29025.
...Guyer
Note:
The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area.
The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.
SAW5
WW 205 SEVERE TSTM NC VA CW 091855Z - 100200Z
AXIS..80 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF LINE..
45WNW RWI/ROCKY MOUNT NC/ - 25NNE HSE/CAPE HATTERAS NC/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 70NM N/S /15NNE RDU - 55SE ECG/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..2 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..55 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 29025.
LAT...LON 37257864 36717544 34407544 34937864
THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
FOR WOU5.
Watch 205 Status Report Messages:
STATUS REPORT #5 ON WW 205
VALID 092335Z - 100040Z
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 NNW RDU
TO 20 SSE RZZ TO 40 SE RZZ TO 45 SSW ECG TO 50 SSE HSE.
..THORNTON..05/09/23
ATTN...WFO...MHX...AKQ...RAH...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 205
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
NCC013-031-049-061-065-069-079-101-103-107-117-127-133-137-147-
163-183-191-195-100040-
NC
. NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BEAUFORT CARTERET CRAVEN
DUPLIN EDGECOMBE FRANKLIN
GREENE JOHNSTON JONES
LENOIR MARTIN NASH
ONSLOW PAMLICO PITT
SAMPSON WAKE WAYNE
WILSON
$$
AMZ136-137-156-158-100040-
CW
. ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDED ARE
PAMLICO AND PUNGO RIVERS
NEUSE AND BAY RIVERS
S OF OCRACOKE INLET NC TO CAPE LOOKOUT NC OUT TO 20 NM
S OF CAPE LOOKOUT NC TO SURF CITY NC OUT TO 20 NM
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
STATUS REPORT #4 ON WW 205
VALID 092250Z - 092340Z
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 35 WNW AVC
TO 40 E RZZ TO 30 WSW ECG TO 50 NE HSE.
..THORNTON..05/09/23
ATTN...WFO...MHX...AKQ...RAH...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 205
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
NCC013-015-031-049-055-061-065-069-077-079-083-091-095-101-103-
107-117-127-131-133-137-147-163-177-181-183-185-187-191-195-
092340-
NC
. NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BEAUFORT BERTIE CARTERET
CRAVEN DARE DUPLIN
EDGECOMBE FRANKLIN GRANVILLE
GREENE HALIFAX HERTFORD
HYDE JOHNSTON JONES
LENOIR MARTIN NASH
NORTHAMPTON ONSLOW PAMLICO
PITT SAMPSON TYRRELL
VANCE WAKE WARREN
WASHINGTON WAYNE WILSON
$$
VAC117-092340-
VA
. VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
MECKLENBURG
$$
AMZ131-135-136-137-152-154-156-158-092340-
CW
. ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDED ARE
ALLIGATOR RIVER
PAMLICO SOUND
PAMLICO AND PUNGO RIVERS
NEUSE AND BAY RIVERS
S OF OREGON INLET NC TO CAPE HATTERAS NC OUT TO 20 NM
S OF CAPE HATTERAS NC TO OCRACOKE INLET NC OUT TO 20 NM
S OF OCRACOKE INLET NC TO CAPE LOOKOUT NC OUT TO 20 NM
S OF CAPE LOOKOUT NC TO SURF CITY NC OUT TO 20 NM
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
STATUS REPORT #3 ON WW 205
VALID 092200Z - 092340Z
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 35 WNW AVC
TO 30 NE RZZ TO 45 ENE ECG.
..THORNTON..05/09/23
ATTN...WFO...MHX...AKQ...RAH...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 205
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
NCC013-015-029-031-041-049-053-055-061-065-069-073-077-079-083-
091-095-101-103-107-117-127-131-133-137-139-143-147-163-177-181-
183-185-187-191-195-092340-
NC
. NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BEAUFORT BERTIE CAMDEN
CARTERET CHOWAN CRAVEN
CURRITUCK DARE DUPLIN
EDGECOMBE FRANKLIN GATES
GRANVILLE GREENE HALIFAX
HERTFORD HYDE JOHNSTON
JONES LENOIR MARTIN
NASH NORTHAMPTON ONSLOW
PAMLICO PASQUOTANK PERQUIMANS
PITT SAMPSON TYRRELL
VANCE WAKE WARREN
WASHINGTON WAYNE WILSON
$$
VAC025-081-117-595-092340-
VA
. VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BRUNSWICK GREENSVILLE MECKLENBURG
VIRGINIA INDEPENDENT CITIES INCLUDED ARE
EMPORIA
$$
AMZ131-135-136-137-150-152-154-156-158-230-231-ANZ633-658-
092340-
CW
. ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDED ARE
ALLIGATOR RIVER
PAMLICO SOUND
PAMLICO AND PUNGO RIVERS
NEUSE AND BAY RIVERS
S OF CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC TO OREGON INLET NC OUT TO 20 NM
S OF OREGON INLET NC TO CAPE HATTERAS NC OUT TO 20 NM
S OF CAPE HATTERAS NC TO OCRACOKE INLET NC OUT TO 20 NM
S OF OCRACOKE INLET NC TO CAPE LOOKOUT NC OUT TO 20 NM
S OF CAPE LOOKOUT NC TO SURF CITY NC OUT TO 20 NM
ALBEMARLE SOUND
CROATAN AND ROANOKE SOUNDS
CURRITUCK SOUND
COASTAL WATERS FROM NC VA BORDER TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC OUT
20 NM
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
STATUS REPORT #2 ON WW 205
VALID 092050Z - 092140Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.
..THORNTON..05/09/23
ATTN...WFO...MHX...AKQ...RAH...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 205
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
NCC013-015-029-031-041-049-053-055-061-065-069-073-077-079-083-
091-095-101-103-107-117-127-131-133-137-139-143-147-163-177-181-
183-185-187-191-195-092140-
NC
. NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BEAUFORT BERTIE CAMDEN
CARTERET CHOWAN CRAVEN
CURRITUCK DARE DUPLIN
EDGECOMBE FRANKLIN GATES
GRANVILLE GREENE HALIFAX
HERTFORD HYDE JOHNSTON
JONES LENOIR MARTIN
NASH NORTHAMPTON ONSLOW
PAMLICO PASQUOTANK PERQUIMANS
PITT SAMPSON TYRRELL
VANCE WAKE WARREN
WASHINGTON WAYNE WILSON
$$
VAC007-025-053-081-093-111-117-135-147-175-183-550-595-620-800-
092140-
VA
. VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
AMELIA BRUNSWICK DINWIDDIE
GREENSVILLE ISLE OF WIGHT LUNENBURG
MECKLENBURG NOTTOWAY PRINCE EDWARD
SOUTHAMPTON SUSSEX
VIRGINIA INDEPENDENT CITIES INCLUDED ARE
CHESAPEAKE EMPORIA FRANKLIN
SUFFOLK
$$
AMZ131-135-136-137-150-152-154-156-158-230-231-ANZ633-658-
092140-
CW
. ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDED ARE
ALLIGATOR RIVER
PAMLICO SOUND
PAMLICO AND PUNGO RIVERS
NEUSE AND BAY RIVERS
S OF CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC TO OREGON INLET NC OUT TO 20 NM
S OF OREGON INLET NC TO CAPE HATTERAS NC OUT TO 20 NM
S OF CAPE HATTERAS NC TO OCRACOKE INLET NC OUT TO 20 NM
S OF OCRACOKE INLET NC TO CAPE LOOKOUT NC OUT TO 20 NM
S OF CAPE LOOKOUT NC TO SURF CITY NC OUT TO 20 NM
ALBEMARLE SOUND
CROATAN AND ROANOKE SOUNDS
CURRITUCK SOUND
COASTAL WATERS FROM NC VA BORDER TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC OUT
20 NM
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 205
VALID 091940Z - 092040Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.
..THORNTON..05/09/23
ATTN...WFO...MHX...AKQ...RAH...
&&
STATUS REPORT FOR WS 205
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
NCC013-015-029-031-041-049-053-055-061-065-069-073-077-079-083-
091-095-101-103-107-117-127-131-133-137-139-143-147-163-177-181-
183-185-187-191-195-092040-
NC
. NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BEAUFORT BERTIE CAMDEN
CARTERET CHOWAN CRAVEN
CURRITUCK DARE DUPLIN
EDGECOMBE FRANKLIN GATES
GRANVILLE GREENE HALIFAX
HERTFORD HYDE JOHNSTON
JONES LENOIR MARTIN
NASH NORTHAMPTON ONSLOW
PAMLICO PASQUOTANK PERQUIMANS
PITT SAMPSON TYRRELL
VANCE WAKE WARREN
WASHINGTON WAYNE WILSON
$$
VAC007-025-053-081-093-111-117-135-147-175-183-550-595-620-800-
092040-
VA
. VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
AMELIA BRUNSWICK DINWIDDIE
GREENSVILLE ISLE OF WIGHT LUNENBURG
MECKLENBURG NOTTOWAY PRINCE EDWARD
SOUTHAMPTON SUSSEX
VIRGINIA INDEPENDENT CITIES INCLUDED ARE
CHESAPEAKE EMPORIA FRANKLIN
SUFFOLK
$$
AMZ131-135-136-137-150-152-154-156-158-230-231-ANZ633-658-
092040-
CW
. ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDED ARE
ALLIGATOR RIVER
PAMLICO SOUND
PAMLICO AND PUNGO RIVERS
NEUSE AND BAY RIVERS
S OF CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC TO OREGON INLET NC OUT TO 20 NM
S OF OREGON INLET NC TO CAPE HATTERAS NC OUT TO 20 NM
S OF CAPE HATTERAS NC TO OCRACOKE INLET NC OUT TO 20 NM
S OF OCRACOKE INLET NC TO CAPE LOOKOUT NC OUT TO 20 NM
S OF CAPE LOOKOUT NC TO SURF CITY NC OUT TO 20 NM
ALBEMARLE SOUND
CROATAN AND ROANOKE SOUNDS
CURRITUCK SOUND
COASTAL WATERS FROM NC VA BORDER TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC OUT
20 NM
$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$
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Tornadoes
Probability of 2 or more tornadoes
|
Low (10%)
|
Probability of 1 or more strong (EF2-EF5) tornadoes
|
Low (5%)
|
Wind
Probability of 10 or more severe wind events
|
Mod (50%)
|
Probability of 1 or more wind events > 65 knots
|
Low (10%)
|
Hail
Probability of 10 or more severe hail events
|
Mod (40%)
|
Probability of 1 or more hailstones > 2 inches
|
Mod (30%)
|
Combined Severe Hail/Wind
Probability of 6 or more combined severe hail/wind events
|
High (80%)
|
For each watch, probabilities for particular events inside the watch
(listed above in each table) are determined by the issuing forecaster.
The "Low" category contains probability values ranging from less than 2%
to 20% (EF2-EF5 tornadoes), less than 5% to 20% (all other probabilities),
"Moderate" from 30% to 60%, and "High" from 70% to greater than 95%.
High values are bolded and lighter in color to provide awareness of
an increased threat for a particular event.