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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 90

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1245 PM EDT Fri Apr 19 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  District Of Columbia

  Maryland

  Northern Virginia

  The eastern West Virginia Panhandle

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Friday from 1245 PM until Midnight EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Storms will spread northward through the afternoon into

northern Virginia and Maryland, with the potential for a couple of

tornadoes and isolated damaging gusts.  Later this afternoon into

early tonight, additional severe storms will move into the watch

from the southwest, with a continuing threat for a couple of

tornadoes, as well as damaging winds.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles

east and west of a line from 35 miles northwest of Baltimore MD to

30 miles south southwest of Charlottesville VA. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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 87...WW 88...WW 89...



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 22040.



...Thompson

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