WW 440 SEVERE TSTM DC DE MD NJ PA VA WV CW 031855Z – 040200Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 440
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
255 PM EDT Mon Jul 3 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
District Of Columbia
Delaware
Maryland
New Jersey
Southeast Pennsylvania
Northern and central Virginia
Eastern West Virginia Panhandle
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 255 PM until
1000 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
to 75 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY...Isolated to scattered discrete storms should consolidate
into a couple multicell clusters that spread east-northeast into
this evening.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85
statute miles east and west of a line from 10 miles east northeast
of Allentown PA to 55 miles southwest of Washington DC. 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.
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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 438...WW 439...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
24035.
...Grams
