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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK Date Issued: 612 AM EDT SAT JUL 5 2008 Expiration: 615 AM EDT SUN JUL 06 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...CURRITUCK SOUND...THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA...THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA...THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON... AND BECOME MORE NUMEROUS BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED SUNDAY AND AGAIN ON MONDAY AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT...ESPECIALLY DURING THE PEAK HEATING HOURS OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. |