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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 401

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

225 PM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Delaware

  Central and Eastern Maryland

  Much of New Jersey

  Central and Southeast Pennsylvania

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 225 PM until

  900 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...Thunderstorms over central Pennsylvania will intensify as

they move eastward, while isolated storms form out ahead of the main

activity.  A few supercells and bowing lines are expected, capable

of damaging winds, hail, and perhaps a few tornadoes.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles

north and south of a line from 40 miles south southwest of State

College PA to 40 miles east of Atlantic City NJ. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 27035.



...Hart

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