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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 591

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 591

[html]WW 591 SEVERE TSTM CT DC DE MD NJ NY PA VA CW 031720Z - 040100Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 591
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
120 PM EDT Sat Aug 3 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Southwest Connecticut
  District Of Columbia
  Delaware
  Northeast Maryland
  New Jersey
  Southeast New York
  Southeast Pennsylvania
  Northern Virginia
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 120 PM until
  900 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will continue to increase in coverage and
intensity through the afternoon and early evening, posing a risk of
locally damaging wind gusts.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75
statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles north of Newark
NJ to 45 miles west southwest of Patuxent River MD. 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 inch. 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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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 591 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0591.html)