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WWUS20 KWNS 292018
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 483
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
420 PM EDT Sat Jun 29 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Western Maryland
  Northern Virginia
  Northern and Central West Virginia

* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 420 PM until
  1000 PM 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 damaging winds up to 55-70 mph may occur as
thunderstorms spread eastward this afternoon and evening.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 30
statute miles north and south of a line from 80 miles west of Elkins
WV to 20 miles east of Martinsburg WV. For a complete depiction of
the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU3).

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 482...

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
27035.

...Gleason