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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 553
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
240 PM EDT Wed Jul 17 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  District Of Columbia
  Delaware
  Central and Eastern Maryland
  Southern New Jersey
  Central and Eastern Virginia
  Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 240 PM
  until 1000 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are intensifying over the mountains of
western Virginia.  These storms will track eastward through the
afternoon, posing a risk of locally damaging wind gusts.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 110
statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles northeast of
Baltimore MD to 10 miles southwest of Richmond VA. 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 552...

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
27025.

...Hart