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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 416

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

325 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

  DELAWARE

  MARYLAND

  SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY

  NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 325 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...STORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE MOUNTAINS ARE EXPECTED TO

SPREAD EASTWARD AND INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE INTO A VERY WARM AND

UNSTABLE AIR MASS.  OTHER STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS OVER SOUTHERN

PENNSYLVANIA WILL MOVE TOWARD THE NORTHERN MARYLAND AND NORTHERN

DELAWARE BORDER REGION AND AFFECT NORTHERN PARTS OF THE WATCH AREA.

THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ALTHOUGH SOME HAIL

WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45

STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST

OF MARTINSBURG WEST VIRGINIA TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF ATLANTIC CITY

NEW JERSEY.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 415...



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 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 27025.





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