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.

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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.