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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 333
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL3

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 333
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   135 PM EDT Mon Jul 6 2020

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     District Of Columbia
     Delaware
     Maryland
     New Jersey
     Eastern Pennsylvania
     Northern Virginia
     Coastal Waters

   * Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 135 PM until
     1100 PM EDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
     Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...Strong to severe thunderstorms will develop this afternoon
   within multiple corridors, initially across eastern Pennsylvania and
   New Jersey, and south-southwestward near the mountains/Blue Ridge of
   Virginia. Further storm development will occur eastward/southward
   through late afternoon and early/mid-evening, including other parts
   of northern/eastern Virginia and the Delmarva vicinity. Severe hail
   will be possible, but damaging winds should be the primary hazard
   within a hot/very unstable environment.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85
   statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles north northeast
   of Allentown PA to 60 miles southwest of Patuxent River MD. For a
   complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

   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.

   &&

   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
   29020.

   ...Guyer
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