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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 261

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

155 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL MARYLAND

  EASTERN OHIO

  PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA

  PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN VIRGINIA

  MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 155 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH EXPECTED

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS OHIO AT THIS TIME ARE

EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AS THEY MOVE QUICKLY

SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TOWARD VIRGINIA.  WIDESPREAD

STRONG/DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND

EARLY EVENING...ALONG WITH SOME HAIL AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO OR TWO.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100

STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF

ZANESVILLE OHIO TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF WASHINGTON DISTRICT OF

COLUM.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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.



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AVIATION...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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 29035.





...GOSS

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