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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 394
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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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   SEL4

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 394
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   220 PM EDT Thu Jun 6 2024

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

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

   * Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 220 PM until
     900 PM EDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible

   SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms will likely continue to develop
   through the afternoon into several broken bands of strong to severe
   thunderstorms.  The stronger thunderstorms will be capable of strong
   to severe gusts (50-65 mph) capable of wind damage.  This activity
   will likely push east of the Atlantic Seaboard by mid to late
   evening with the severe risk diminishing from west to east across
   the Watch area.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
   statute miles east and west of a line from 5 miles northeast of
   Trenton NJ to 35 miles east southeast of South Hill VA. For a
   complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

   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.

   &&

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A few
   cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean storm motion vector
   27025.

   ...Smith
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