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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 471
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WW0471 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Very Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Very Low Very Low

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 471
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   850 PM EDT Wed Jun 26 2024

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     District Of Columbia
     Central and Eastern Maryland
     Northern Virginia
     Coastal Waters

   * Effective this Wednesday night from 850 PM until Midnight EDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 60 mph possible

   SUMMARY...A broken linear cluster of strong to severe thunderstorms
   will likely continue east across northern Virginia and adjacent
   portions of Maryland through the late evening.  Strong to locally
   severe gusts (50-60 mph) capable of wind damage will be possible
   with the stronger thunderstorms and outflow surges as this activity
   moves east.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
   statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles south of
   Martinsburg WV to 45 miles east of Baltimore MD. 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.

   &&

   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 464...WW 467...WW
   468...WW 469...WW 470...

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 50 knots. A few
   cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
   25035.

   ...Smith
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