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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 235

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

100 PM EDT Fri Jun 4 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Southern Maryland

  Northeast North Carolina

  East/Southeast Virginia

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 100 PM until

  900 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible



SUMMARY...Clusters of storms will move east-southeastward across the

region this afternoon with the strongest storms capable of wind

damage.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75

statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles west northwest

of Richmond VA to 45 miles east northeast of Norfolk VA. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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

1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A few

cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

29025.



...Guyer

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