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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 344
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WW0344 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL4
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 344
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   315 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA
          SOUTHERN VIRGINIA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 315 PM UNTIL
   1100 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 105
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF
   RICHMOND VIRGINIA TO 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF GREENSBORO NORTH
   CAROLINA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
   
   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 338...WW 339...WW
   340...WW 341...WW 342...WW 343...
   
   DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO FORM ALONG THE
   MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN VA/NC.  THESE STORMS WILL SPREAD EASTWARD THIS
   AFTERNOON INTO A MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS...WITH THE
   POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.  OTHER STORMS ARE
   EXPECTED TO FORM IN A FEW HOURS ALONG THE INSTABILITY AXIS OVER
   SOUTHEAST VA AND NORTHEAST NC...WHERE A RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS AND
   HAIL WILL ALSO BE PRESENT.
   
   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 550. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 27030.
   
   
   ...HART
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