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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 503

WW 503 SEVERE TSTM DC DE MD NJ PA VA WV CW 251745Z – 260200Z


URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 503
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
145 PM EDT Mon Jul 25 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  District Of Columbia
  Delaware
  Maryland
  New Jersey
  Southeast Pennsylvania
  Virginia
  Far Eastern West Virginia
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 145 PM until
  1000 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph likely

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will further develop and intensify initially
near/just of the mountains, and subsequently spread eastward toward
the I-95 corridor through late afternoon and early evening. Damaging
winds are the primary hazard.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 110
statute miles east and west of a line from 5 miles east northeast of
Trenton NJ to 40 miles west of Richmond VA. For a complete depiction
of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU3).

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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 502...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
27025.

...Guyer

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