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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 89

WW 89 SEVERE TSTM DE MD NJ NY PA CW 312015Z – 010400Z


URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 89
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
415 PM EDT Thu Mar 31 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Northern Delaware
  Eastern Maryland
  New Jersey
  Southeast New York
  Eastern Pennsylvania
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Thursday afternoon from 415 PM until Midnight
  EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are currently intensifying over central
Pennsylvania will track eastward into the watch area this afternoon
and evening.  Damaging winds and a tornado or two may accompany the
stronger cells.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles west northwest
of Pittsfield MA to 30 miles south of Wilmington DE. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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 86...WW 87...WW 88...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
24035.

...Hart

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