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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 418

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

125 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT

  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

  DELAWARE

  MARYLAND

  NEW JERSEY

  SOUTHEAST NEW YORK

  SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

  NORTHERN VIRGINIA

  EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 125 PM UNTIL

  800 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF

NEWARK NEW JERSEY TO 60 MILES EAST OF STAUNTON VIRGINIA.  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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 417...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON OVER

CENTRAL PA AND NORTHERN VA...TRACKING EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE

WATCH AREA.  AMPLE MOISTURE AND SOME DAYTIME HEATING...COUPLED WITH

STRONG WINDS ALOFT...WILL PROMOTE A RISK OF SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF

DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.  AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.



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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 26030.





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