WW 435 SEVERE TSTM DC DE MD NJ PA VA CW 022030Z – 030300Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 435 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 430 PM EDT Sun Jul 2 2023 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of District Of Columbia Delaware Central and eastern Maryland New Jersey Eastern Pennsylvania Northern Virginia Coastal Waters * Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 430 PM until 1100 PM EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...A few lower-topped supercells over south-central/east-central Pennsylvania should consolidate into a cluster across parts of the Delaware Valley. Additional cells forming into northern Virginia may evolve into a cluster across the Chesapeake Bay vicinity with damaging wind as the main threat. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles east and west of a line from 5 miles southeast of Patuxent River MD to 25 miles east northeast of Allentown PA. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5). 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 430...WW 431...WW 432...WW 433...WW 434... 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 25030. ...Grams
