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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 398

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

455 PM EDT THU JUL 9 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHERN DELAWARE

  FAR NORTHEAST MARYLAND

  NEW JERSEY

  EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 455 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ONGOING OVER CNTRL PA ARE

EXPECTED TO FURTHER INTENSIFY WHILE SPREADING EAST ACROSS THE WATCH

AREA THIS EVENING.  WHILE DAMAGING OUTFLOW WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY

HAZARD...A TORNADO OR TWO IS POSSIBLE.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES EAST

NORTHEAST OF WILKESBARRE PENNSYLVANIA TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

WILMINGTON DELAWARE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE

THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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 397...



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 26035.





...MEAD

