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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 473

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 473

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 473
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
145 PM EDT Mon Jul 18 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Western Connecticut
  District Of Columbia
  Northern Delaware
  Maryland
  New Jersey
  Southeast New York
  Eastern Pennsylvania
  Northern Virginia
  Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 145 PM until
  1000 PM EDT.

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

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will intensify this afternoon along a
corridor from northern Virginia into southeast New York.  The
stronger cells will pose a risk of locally damaging wind gusts.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
statute miles either side of a line from 25 miles south southeast of
Elkins WV to 25 miles east of Poughkeepsie NY. For a co*plete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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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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
25025.

...Hart


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 473 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0473.html)