SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 548
SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 548
[html]WW 548 SEVERE TSTM DC DE MD NJ NY PA VA CW 161935Z - 170200Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 548
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
335 PM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
District Of Columbia
Delaware
Central Maryland
New Jersey
Southeast New York
Eastern Pennsylvania
Northeast Virginia
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 335 PM until
1000 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible
SUMMARY...Widely scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop
this afternoon in a hot and humid air mass. Sufficiently strong
westerly flow aloft will promote a risk of locally damaging wind
gusts in the strongest cells.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
statute miles east and west of a line from 15 miles west southwest
of Patuxent River MD to 55 miles east northeast of Wilkesbarre PA.
For a co*plete depiction of the watch see the associated watch
outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
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 546...WW 547...
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
27025.
...Hart
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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 548 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0548.html)