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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 234
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
225 PM EDT Fri May 29 2020

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Central Maryland
  Northwest New Jersey
  Central and eastern New York
  Eastern Pennsylvania
  Far northern Virginia
  Eastern West Virginia Panhandle

* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 225 PM until
  900 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Clusters of strong to locally severe storms are expected
to persist through mid-evening. Damaging winds appear to be the
primary threat.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 85 miles northeast of
Binghamton NY to 35 miles east southeast of Hagerstown MD. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

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
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
22030.

...Grams