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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 261

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 261

[html]WW 261 SEVERE TSTM DC DE MD NJ NY PA VA WV CW 221755Z - 230100Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 261
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
155 PM EDT Sun May 22 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

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

* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 155 PM until
  900 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are beginning to develop along a line from
western Virginia into central New York.  These storms will track
slowly eastward today, posing a risk of locally damaging winds
gusts.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75
statute miles east and west of a line from 20 miles north northwest
of Utica NY to 15 miles southeast of Charlottesville VA. For a
co*plete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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
27030.

...Hart


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 261 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0261.html)