SPC Tornado Watch 277
SPC Tornado Watch 277
[html]WW 277 TORNADO MD NC VA CW 271550Z - 272200Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 277
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1150 AM EDT Fri May 27 2022
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Southern Maryland
Eastern North Carolina
Eastern Virginia
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Friday morning and evening from 1150 AM until
600 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
A couple tornadoes possible
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
SUMMARY...A broken band of storms will continue to spread
eastward/northeastward through the afternoon, with additional storm
development expected from eastern North Carolina into eastern
Virginia and southern Maryland this afternoon. The storm
environment will support a mix of line segments and rotating storms
capable of producing occasional damaging gusts and a tornado or two.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 40 statute miles
east and west of a line from 20 miles east northeast of Patuxent
River MD to 20 miles south of New Bern NC. For a co*plete depiction
of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU7).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for
tornadoes and 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.
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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...c*NTINUE...WW 276...
AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 55 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
storm motion vector 22030.
...Thompson
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Source: SPC Tornado Watch 277 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0277.html)