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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 554
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Very Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Low

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   SEL4

   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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