Nelson County, Virginia
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 502
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
130 PM EDT TUE JUL 20 2010
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA
CENTRAL AND WESTERN VIRGINIA
SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA
EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 130 PM UNTIL
800 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 65
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF BLUEFIELD WEST VIRGINIA TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CHARLOTTESVILLE VIRGINIA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH
SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
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.
County / City Outline Area:
IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA
ALBEMARLE GREENE NELSON
ORANGE SPOTSYLVANIA
IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA
CULPEPER
IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA
MADISON PAGE RAPPAHANNOCK
IN WESTERN VIRGINIA
AUGUSTA HIGHLAND ROCKINGHAM
IN VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 INDEPENDENT CITIES
IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA
CHARLOTTESVILLE
IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA
CITY OF HARRISONBURG
IN WESTERN VIRGINIA
CITY OF STAUNTON CITY OF WAYNESBORO
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…CHARLOTTESVILLE…CHARLOTTESVILLE…
CULPEPER…GREENFIELD…HARRISONBURG…HARRISONBURG…LURAY…
MADISON…MONTEREY…ORANGE…SPOTSYLVANIA COURTHOUSE…
STANARDSVILLE…STAUNTON…STAUNTON…WASHINGTON…
WAYNESBORO AND WAYNESBORO.
