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URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 606
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
445 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OFSOUTHERN MARYLAND
NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA
CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA
COASTAL WATERSEFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 445 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 75
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES NORTHEAST OF
CHARLOTTESVILLE VIRGINIA TO 40 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF DANVILLE
VIRGINIA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).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.
Area outline of cities affected:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
606 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREASIN MARYLAND THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES
IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND
CALVERT CHARLES ST. MARYS
IN VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 15 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA
ALBEMARLE GREENE KING GEORGE
NELSON ORANGE SPOTSYLVANIAIN NORTHERN VIRGINIA
CULPEPER FAUQUIER PRINCE WILLIAM
STAFFORDIN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA
MADISON PAGE RAPPAHANNOCK
IN WESTERN VIRGINIA
AUGUSTA ROCKINGHAM
IN VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 INDEPENDENT CITIES
IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA
CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG
IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA
CITY OF ALEXANDRIA CITY OF FAIRFAX CITY OF MANASSAS
CITY OF MANASSAS PARKIN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA
CITY OF HARRISONBURG
IN WESTERN VIRGINIA
CITY OF WAYNESBORO
