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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 482

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1140 AM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  District Of Columbia

  Central to eastern Maryland

  Far northeast North Carolina

  Northern to eastern Virginia

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Wednesday morning and evening from 1140 AM until

  700 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A few tornadoes likely

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...Several lower-topped supercells should develop within

clusters that spread east-northeast this afternoon.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles

east and west of a line from 45 miles north northwest of Baltimore

MD to 30 miles southwest of Norfolk VA. For a complete depiction of

the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU2).



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 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean

storm motion vector 24025.



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