Severe Thunderstorm Watch Just Issued for Parts of Our Area

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 418

   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

   125 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2016

   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

   * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

     DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

     DELAWARE

     MARYLAND

     NEW JERSEY

     SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

     NORTHERN VIRGINIA

     EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA

     COASTAL WATERS

   * EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON FROM 125 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT

     EDT.

   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

     SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

     ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

     A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE

   SUMMARY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING THIS

   AFTERNOON WITH PRIMARILY MULTICELL MODES...BUT SOME MARGINAL

   SUPERCELL STRUCTURES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. DAMAGING WIND WILL BE THE

   MAIN THREAT BUT A FEW INSTANCES OF HAIL MAY OCCUR.

   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES EAST

   NORTHEAST OF ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY TO 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST

   OF STAUNTON VIRGINIA.  FOR A COMPLETE 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.

   &&

   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 500. MEAN STORM MOTION

   VECTOR 24035.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 418

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

125 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2016

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 418 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 AM EDT

FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

NJC001-005-007-009-011-015-019-021-023-025-029-033-035-290400-

/O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0418.160728T1725Z-160729T0400Z/

NJ

.    NEW JERSEY COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ATLANTIC             BURLINGTON          CAMDEN

CAPE MAY             CUMBERLAND          GLOUCESTER

HUNTERDON            MERCER              MIDDLESEX

MONMOUTH             OCEAN               SALEM

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