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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 119

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1130 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  District Of Columbia

  Delaware

  Maryland

  New Jersey

  Central and eastern Pennsylvania

  Northern Virginia

  Eastern West Virginia Panhandle

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Monday morning and evening from 1130 AM until

  600 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...Clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms will likely

develop rapidly northeast across the Mid-Atlantic region this

afternoon. Scattered damaging winds are likely and a couple tornadic

storms will be possible.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 100 statute miles

east and west of a line from 55 miles northwest of Allentown PA to

35 miles south southeast of Washington DC. For a complete depiction

of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU9).



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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 118...



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 400. Mean

storm motion vector 23045.



...Grams

