WW 650 SEVERE TSTM DC DE MD NC NJ PA VA CW 151810Z – 160100Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 650
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
210 PM EDT Tue Aug 15 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
District Of Columbia
Delaware
Eastern Maryland
Northeast North Carolina
Central and Southern New Jersey
Southeast Pennsylvania
Eastern Virginia
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 210 PM until
900 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY…Scattered thunderstorms will develop this afternoon ahead
of an approaching cold front. Some of the storms will become
severe, posing a risk of locally damaging wind gusts.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
statute miles east and west of a line from 20 miles north of Trenton
NJ to 15 miles east of Roanoke Rapids NC. 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 649…
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
26030.
…Hart
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