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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 382

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

340 PM EDT Mon Sep 17 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  District Of Columbia

  Central Maryland

  Eastern Virginia

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 340 PM until

  1000 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible



SUMMARY...Isolated thunderstorms with small-scale embedded

circulations will continue to affect the watch area this afternoon,

with a few brief tornadoes possible.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 30 statute miles

east and west of a line from 35 miles west southwest of Richmond VA

to 35 miles east northeast of Washington DC. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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.



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AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 21025.



...Hart

