SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA COASTAL WATERS EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 483
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   300 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012
   
   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 MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM EDT.
   
   HAIL TO 1.5 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 80
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
   FAYETTEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA TO 55 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF NORFOLK
   VIRGINIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
   
   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.
   
   DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS
   AFTERNOON ACROSS THE PIEDMONT/COASTAL PLAIN OF NC AS WELL AS
   SOUTHERN VA. ALONG/NEAR MULTIPLE SURFACE BOUNDARIES/CONVERGENCE
   ZONES ACROSS THE REGION...THE AIRMASS IS MOIST WITH LOWER 70S F
   DEWPOINTS AND AT LEAST MODERATE INSTABILITY IN MOST AREAS. SCENARIO
   WILL SUPPORT DOWNBURSTS/DAMAGING WINDS AND SOME MARGINALLY SEVERE
   HAIL WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 29015.