Severe Thunderstorm Watch Issued for the Rest of Our Area!!!

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 396
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
145 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2016

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
  DELAWARE
  MARYLAND
  SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY
  SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
  VIRGINIA
  EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA
  COASTAL WATERS

* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 145 PM UNTIL
  800 PM EDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INTENSIFYING OVER WESTERN MD AND CENTRAL
PA.  THIS ACTIVITY WILL SPREAD EASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE
WATCH AREA.  DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST CELLS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 105
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF
ALLENTOWN PENNSYLVANIA TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF WASHINGTON
DISTRICT OF COLUM.  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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 394...WW 395...

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 27030.


...HART