SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 634
SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 634
[html]WW 634 SEVERE TSTM DC DE MD NJ NY PA VA WV CW 181800Z - 190200Z

CWZ000-190200-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 634
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
200 PM EDT Sun Aug 18 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
District Of Columbia
Delaware
Central and Eastern Maryland
New Jersey
Southeast New York
Eastern Pennsylvania
Northern Virginia
Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 200 PM until
1000 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...Scattered thunderstorms will increase in coverage through
the afternoon across the watch area. The more intense storms will
pose a risk of locally damaging wind gusts and hail.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85
statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles east of
Charlottesville VA to 40 miles east northeast of Wilkesbarre PA. For
a co*plete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
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.
&&
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
24025.
...Hart
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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 634 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0634.html)