Note:
The expiration time in the watch graphic is amended if the watch is
replaced, cancelled or extended.
Note: Click for Watch Status Reports.
SEL4 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 254 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 505 PM EDT Thu May 15 2025 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of North-Central/Northeast North Carolina Central and Eastern Virginia Far Eastern West Virginia Coastal Waters * Effective this Thursday afternoon from 505 PM until Midnight EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible SUMMARY...Thunderstorm coverage is expected to increase over the next few hours. Environmental conditions across the region favor a cellular mode, including the potential for supercells capable of large to very large hail. Some damaging gusts are possible as well. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 90 statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles north of Lynchburg VA to 40 miles south southwest 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 251...WW 252...WW 253... 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 500. Mean storm motion vector 29030. ...Mosier