SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 492
SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 492
[html]WW 492 SEVERE TSTM MD PA VA WV 232005Z - 240100Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 492
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
405 PM EDT Sat Jul 23 2022
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Western Maryland
Southern Pennsylvania
Northern Virginia
Far Eastern West Virginia
* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 405 PM until
900 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
SUMMARY...A line of storms will continue to pose a risk for wind
damage as it progresses generally eastward.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35
statute miles east and west of a line from 10 miles north northwest
of Altoona PA to 20 miles west southwest of Staunton VA. For a
co*plete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
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.
&&
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...c*NTINUE...WW 491...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
27030.
...Guyer
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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 492 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0492.html)