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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 128

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

125 PM EDT Tue Apr 21 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Delaware

  Eastern Maryland

  New Jersey

  Western Long Island New York

  Eastern Pennsylvania

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon from 125 PM until 500 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...A fast-moving line of showers and thunderstorms will move

across the watch area this afternoon, with the potential for locally

damaging wind gusts.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

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

Islip NY to 40 miles south southwest of Dover DE. 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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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean storm motion vector

27040.



...Hart

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