URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 186 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 555 PM EDT Mon May 1 2017 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of District Of Columbia Northern Maryland Central North Carolina South central Pennsylvania Central and northern Virginia The eastern West Virginia Panhandle Coastal Waters * Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 555 PM until 1100 PM EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible SUMMARY...Broken bands of strong/severe storms will persist through the evening with a primary risk for damaging winds, prior to the convection weakening tonight. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles northeast of Martinsburg WV to 25 miles west southwest of Southern Pines NC. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6). 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...CONTINUE...WW 185... 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 450. Mean storm motion vector 24040. ...ThompsonRead more
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