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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 193

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

235 PM EDT Sun May 19 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Western Maryland

  Central Pennsylvania

  Northern Virginia

  Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia



* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 235 PM until

  900 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will increase in intensity through the

afternoon over the watch area, posing a risk of locally damaging

wind gusts and hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65

statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles north northeast

of Williamsport PA to 40 miles southwest of Martinsburg WV. 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 192...



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 450. Mean storm motion vector

24030.



...Hart

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