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Tornado Watch 401
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Low

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Tornado Watch Number 401
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   225 PM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Tornado Watch for portions of 
     Delaware
     Central and Eastern Maryland
     Much of New Jersey
     Central and Southeast Pennsylvania
     Coastal Waters

   * Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 225 PM until
     900 PM EDT.

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

   SUMMARY...Thunderstorms over central Pennsylvania will intensify as
   they move eastward, while isolated storms form out ahead of the main
   activity.  A few supercells and bowing lines are expected, capable
   of damaging winds, hail, and perhaps a few tornadoes.

   The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles
   north and south of a line from 40 miles south southwest of State
   College PA to 40 miles east of Atlantic City NJ. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

   PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

   REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for
   tornadoes and 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.

   &&

   AVIATION...Tornadoes and 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 27035.

   ...Hart
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