Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Statement as of 6:59 PM EDT on July 04, 2011
The National Weather Service has canceled Severe Thunderstorm
Watch 595 for the following areas
In Virginia this cancels 3 counties
In central Virginia
Albemarle Nelson Orange
In Virginia this cancels 1 independent city
In central Virginia
Charlottesville
This includes the cities of…Charlottesville…
Greenfield and Orange.
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 595
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
235 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2011
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST MARYLAND
NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
EASTERN VIRGINIA
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 235 PM UNTIL
1000 PM EDT.
HAIL TO 2 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 NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST
OF SOUTH HILL VIRGINIA TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORFOLK VIRGINIA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION…CONTINUE…WW 593…WW 594…
DISCUSSION…SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING ALONG A BOUNDARY
ACROSS SOUTHERN VA. OTHER STORMS FARTHER WEST OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF
EASTERN WV AND WESTERN VA MAY SPREAD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA LATER
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HIGH CAPE VALUES AND SUFFICIENT FLOW
ALOFT WILL POSE A RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS GUSTS AND HAIL IN THE
STRONGER CELLS.
