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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 278

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 278

[html]WW 278 SEVERE TSTM DE MD NJ PA CW 271655Z - 272300Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 278
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1255 PM EDT Fri May 27 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Delaware
  Eastern Maryland
  Southern and western New Jersey
  Southeastern Pennsylvania
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 1255 PM until
  700 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...A line of storms will spread northeastward through the
afternoon across southeast Pennsylvania into eastern Maryland,
Delaware and New Jersey.  Damaging winds will be the primary threat
with bowing segments, though a tornado or two may also occur with
embedded circulations in the line.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
statute miles east and west of a line from 20 miles north northwest
of Allentown PA to 55 miles south southwest of Dover DE. 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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...c*NTINUE...WW 276...WW 277...

AVIATION...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
23035.

...Thompson


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 278 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0278.html)