WW 160 SEVERE TSTM NJ PA 221905Z – 230100Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 160 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 305 PM EDT Sat Apr 22 2023 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of New Jersey Southeast Pennsylvania * Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 305 PM until 900 PM EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Fast moving thunderstorms over Maryland and southeast Pennsylvania will track across the watch area this afternoon, posing a risk of damaging wind gusts. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles north northwest of Allentown PA to 10 miles west southwest of Wilmington DE. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0). 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 159... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector 23035. ...Hart
