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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 314

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

150 PM EDT Fri Jul 27 2018



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  District Of Columbia

  Western and central Maryland

  Northern and central Virginia

  Eastern West Virginia Panhandle

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 150 PM until

  1000 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Scattered strong storms are expected through about sunset

offering a risk for damaging winds and hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80

statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles east northeast

of Martinsburg WV to 40 miles southeast of Charlottesville VA. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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 312...WW 313...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector

23030.



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