SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 230
SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 230
[html]WW 230 SEVERE TSTM DC DE MD NJ VA CW 161940Z - 170100Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 230
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
340 PM EDT Mon May 16 2022
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
District Of Columbia
Delaware
Central to eastern Maryland
Southern New Jersey
Central to northeast Virginia
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 340 PM until
900 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...A couple supercells may develop across portions of
northeast to central Virginia and spread east towards the
Maryland/Delaware/southern New Jersey coast this evening.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85
statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles north northwest
of Dover DE to 55 miles southwest of Patuxent River MD. For a
co*plete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
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 226...WW 227...WW
228...WW 229...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
25030.
...Grams
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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 230 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0230.html)