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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 397

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

125 PM EDT THU JUL 9 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHERN MARYLAND INCLUDING THE PANHANDLE

  SOUTHWEST THROUGH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

  FAR NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  NORTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA INCLUDING THE EASTERN PANHANDLE

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 125 PM UNTIL

  900 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND

INTENSITY ACROSS THE AREA WITH A MIXTURE OF SUPERCELLS AND BOWING

LINE SEGMENTS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND PERHAPS A COUPLE OF

TORNADOES.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF LATROBE

PENNSYLVANIA TO 45 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF HARRISBURG

PENNSYLVANIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND

GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.





...MEAD

