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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 224
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
241 PM EDT THU MAY 1 1997

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OR PORTIONS OF

EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN VIRGINIA
EASTERN MARYLAND
DELAWARE
AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 315 PM UNTIL 900
PM EDT.

HAIL TO 1 3/4 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES
EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM GOLDSBORO NORTH CAROLINA TO 35 MILES
EAST SOUTHEAST OF DOVER DELAWARE.

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.

DISCUSSION...BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FORMING FROM DELMARVA
INTO NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AND BECOME
SEVERE WITH WND DMG PRIMARY THREAT. CELLS SHOULD MOVE RAPIDLY EAST
NORTHEASTWARD AS MID LEVEL JET MAX MOVES TOWARDS AREA.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1 3/4 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 480. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 24035.

...JOHNS

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