Severe Thunderstorm Watch 58

Issued

Mar 27, 2021, 2:03 PM EDT (18:03 UTC)

Expired

Mar 27, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1.5 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

10%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

2%

Ten or more severe wind reports

40%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

20%

Ten or more severe hail reports

30%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

20%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

70%

• Mesoscale Discussion 279 Severe potential...watch possibleMar 27, 1:39 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 283 Severe thunderstorm watch 58Mar 27, 4:49 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 288 Severe thunderstorm watch 61Mar 27, 7:53 PM EDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 271800
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 58
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
200 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Parts of northern and central North Carolina
  Parts of extreme southern Virginia

* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 200 PM until
  800 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...A cluster of storms crossing the Appalachians will likely
maintain organization while it moves eastward near and just south of
the Virginia/North Carolina border.  The storm environment favors a
threat of damaging winds and large hail through the afternoon and
into this evening.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
statute miles north and south of a line from 80 miles west of
Greensboro NC to 40 miles east of Raleigh NC. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

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
27030.

...Thompson

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North Carolina, 2021Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, 2021Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2021

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.