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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 491
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
320 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  District Of Columbia
  Central and Southern Delaware
  Central and Eastern Maryland
  Northern North Carolina
  Southern New Jersey
  Northern, Central, and Eastern Virginia
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 320 PM until
  1100 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are expected to continue developing while
posing a threat for mainly scattered damaging winds as they move
east-southeastward this afternoon and evening. The strongest gusts
may reach 55-70 mph on a localized basis. Isolated hail up to 1-1.5
inches in diameter may also occur with the strongest thunderstorms.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 90
statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles north northwest
of Dover DE to 15 miles southeast of Roanoke Rapids NC. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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 489...WW 490...

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
28030.

...Gleason