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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 101

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

105 AM EST WED MAR 5 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       DELAWARE

       EASTERN MARYLAND

       SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY

       SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 105 AM UNTIL 500 AM EST.



HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 35

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH

NORTHWEST OF PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA TO 30 MILES SOUTH

SOUTHEAST OF SALISBURY MARYLAND.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE

WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 99...WW 100...



DISCUSSION...EXTREME SHEAR AND FAST MOVING...NARROW LINE OF FORCED

CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE RACING ENEWD ACROSS WW OVER THE NEXT FEW

HOURS.  DAMAGING WINDS WILL LIKELY PERSIST AS LOW DEEPENS AND WARM

FRONT LIFTS TOWARDS PHI METRO.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 350. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 23040.





...EVANS

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