SPC Tornado Watch 251
SPC Tornado Watch 251
[html]WW 251 TORNADO DE MD NJ PA VA WV CW 201535Z - 202300Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 251
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1135 AM EDT Fri May 20 2022
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Northern Delaware
Northern Maryland
New Jersey
Eastern Pennsylvania
Northern Virginia
Eastern West Virginia Panhandle
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Friday morning and evening from 1135 AM until
700 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
A couple tornadoes possible
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are increasing over western Pennsylvania.
This activity will track rapidly eastward across the watch area
today, posing a risk of damaging winds and a few tornadoes.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles
north and south of a line from 15 miles west southwest of Altoona PA
to 15 miles south of Newark NJ. For a co*plete depiction of the
watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
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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AVIATION...Tornadoes and 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 500. Mean
storm motion vector 27040.
...Hart
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Source: SPC Tornado Watch 251 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0251.html)