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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 379
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
615 PM EDT MON JUN 22 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHERN VIRGINIA
* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY EVENING FROM 615 PM UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...A LOOSELY ORGANIZED LINEAR CLUSTER OF STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE EAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS
EVENING. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORM CORES AND RELATED DOWNDRAFTS
WILL BE CAPABLE OF 55 TO 65 MPH GUSTS AND ASSOCIATED AREAS OF
SCATTERED WIND DAMAGE. THIS WIND-DAMAGE THREAT WILL LIKELY DIMINISH
BY THE LATE EVENING.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST OF
GREENSBORO NC TO 55 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF ROANOKE RAPIDS NC. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
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 374...WW 375...WW
376...WW 377...WW 378...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS. A FEW
CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
27025.
...SMITH
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