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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 462

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

205 PM EDT Sat Jun 29 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  District Of Columbia

  Delaware

  Maryland

  Northern Virginia

  Eastern West Virginia Panhandle

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 205 PM until

  700 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Cluster of strong thunderstorms over south-central

Pennsylvania may cross into portions of Maryland and Delaware, while

additional development occurs farther west. Scattered damaging winds

are the primary threat.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40

statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles south of

Hagerstown MD to 25 miles southeast of Dover DE. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 460...WW 461...



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

29025.



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