2:11 PM EDT – Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 11PM EDT – Cancelled

This watch was just issued by the Storm Prediction Center for Nelson County and much of Virginia.
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URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 461
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
210 PM EDT THU JUN 28 2007

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

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
DELAWARE
MARYLAND
NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA
NEW JERSEY
SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
VIRGINIA
EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 210 PM UNTIL
1100 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 100
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF TRENTON NEW JERSEY TO 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF BLUEFIELD
WEST VIRGINIA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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…VERY WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS HAVE DEVELOPED FROM
SOUTHWEST VA/NORTHWEST NC ACROSS THE DELMARVA REGION INTO NJ/PA.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THIS
REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WHERE MLCAPE VALUES WILL BE IN
EXCESS OF 2000 J/KG. STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND SUFFICIENT
VERTICAL SHEAR WILL ENHANCE THE RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL IN
STRONGER CELLS.

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 27020.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 461
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
210 PM EDT THU JUN 28 2007

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 461 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ACCOMACK ALBEMARLE ALLEGHANY
AMELIA AMHERST APPOMATTOX
ARLINGTON AUGUSTA BATH
BEDFORD BLAND BOTETOURT
BRUNSWICK BUCKINGHAM CAMPBELL
CAROLINE CARROLL CHARLES CITY
CHARLOTTE CHESTERFIELD CLARKE
CRAIG CULPEPER CUMBERLAND
DINWIDDIE ESSEX FAIRFAX
FAUQUIER FLOYD FLUVANNA
FRANKLIN FREDERICK GILES
GLOUCESTER GOOCHLAND GRAYSON
GREENE GREENSVILLE HALIFAX
HANOVER HENRICO HENRY
HIGHLAND JAMES CITY KING AND QUEEN
KING GEORGE KING WILLIAM LANCASTER
LOUDOUN LOUISA LUNENBURG
MADISON MATHEWS MECKLENBURG
MIDDLESEX MONTGOMERY NELSON
NEW KENT NORTHAMPTON NORTHUMBERLAND
NOTTOWAY ORANGE PAGE
PATRICK PITTSYLVANIA POWHATAN
PRINCE EDWARD PRINCE GEORGE PRINCE WILLIAM
PULASKI RAPPAHANNOCK RICHMOND
ROANOKE ROCKBRIDGE ROCKINGHAM
SHENANDOAH SMYTH SPOTSYLVANIA
STAFFORD SURRY SUSSEX
TAZEWELL WARREN WESTMORELAND
WYTHE YORK

VIRGINIA INDEPENDENT CITIES INCLUDED ARE

ALEXANDRIA BEDFORD BUENA VISTA
CHARLOTTESVILLE COLONIAL HEIGHTS COVINGTON
DANVILLE EMPORIA FAIRFAX
FALLS CHURCH FREDERICKSBURG GALAX
HARRISONBURG HOPEWELL LEXINGTON
LYNCHBURG MANASSAS MANASSAS PARK
MARTINSVILLE PETERSBURG POQUOSON
RADFORD RICHMOND ROANOKE
SALEM STAUNTON WAYNESBORO
WILLIAMSBURG WINCHESTER
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