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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 498
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
100 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHERN VIRGINIA
COASTAL WATERS
* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 100 PM UNTIL
800 PM EDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...MULTIPLE CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS
AFTERNOON ALONG SEVERAL SUBTLE BOUNDARIES ACROSS SOUTHERN VIRGINIA
AND NORTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING OCCASIONAL WIND DAMAGE INTO THIS EVENING.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
GREENSBORO NC TO 40 MILES EAST OF ELIZABETH CITY NC. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
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
0.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
29020.
...THOMPSON
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