SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 279
SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 279
[html]WW 279 SEVERE TSTM DC MD NC VA CW 272145Z - 280200Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 279
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
545 PM EDT Fri May 27 2022
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
District Of Columbia
Southern Maryland
East-central North Carolina
Central to eastern Virginia
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 545 PM until
1000 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...A few discrete cells with transient supercell structures
should persist for a few hours as they spread northeast, mainly
across portions of Virginia.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles east and west of a line from 20 miles northwest of
Washington DC to 10 miles west southwest of Goldsboro NC. For a
co*plete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
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 278...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean storm motion vector
21035.
...Grams
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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 279 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0279.html)