Day: July 18, 2024
SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 554
WW 554 SEVERE TSTM NC VA CW 181700Z – 190100Z 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 554 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 100 PM EDT Thu Jul 18 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Central and Eastern North Carolina Southeast Virginia Coastal Waters * Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 100 PM until 900 PM EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will continue to intensify across central North Carolina and central Virginia this afternoon and track eastward across the watch area. The strongest cells will pose a risk of locally damaging wind gusts. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 100 statute miles east and west of a line from 15 miles east southeast of Fayetteville NC to 50 miles northeast of Roanoke Rapids NC. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4). 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. && 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 28025. ...Hart
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