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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 133

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1245 PM EDT Thu Apr 6 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  District Of Columbia

  Delaware

  Eastern Maryland

  Southern New Jersey

  Southeast Pennsylvania

  Northern Virginia

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Thursday afternoon from 1245 PM until 500 PM

  EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Scattered fast-moving thunderstorms will track

northeastward across the region this afternoon, posing a risk of

locally damaging wind gusts.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45

statute miles north and south of a line from 60 miles west southwest

of Washington DC to 25 miles north of Atlantic City NJ. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 132...



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 400. Mean storm motion vector

22040.



...Hart

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