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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 28

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

500 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

  DELAWARE

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN MARYLAND

  CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

  SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 500 PM

  UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH

SOUTHWEST OF RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF

WILMINGTON DELAWARE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE

THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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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DISCUSSION...A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS INTENSIFYING

OVER CENTRAL VA AND NORTHWEST NC.  THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO

SPREAD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING.  DESPITE VERY LIMITED

INSTABILITY...STRONGER STORMS WILL POSE A RISK OF LOCALLY DAMAGING

WIND GUSTS.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 25040.





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