WW 484 SEVERE TSTM NJ PA 292055Z – 300300Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 484
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
455 PM EDT Sat Jun 29 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Western New Jersey
Eastern Pennsylvania
* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 455 PM until
1100 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY…A line of thunderstorms moving eastward should pose some
risk for severe/damaging winds late this afternoon into the evening,
perhaps up to 60-70 mph.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40
statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles north of
Allentown PA to 30 miles west southwest of Philadelphia PA. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
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 482…WW 483…
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 500. Mean storm motion vector
27035.
…Gleason
