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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 393
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Low

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 393
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1200 PM EDT Wed Jul 22 2020

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     District Of Columbia
     Western and Central Maryland
     South Central Pennsylvania
     Northern and Central Virginia
     Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia
     Coastal Waters

   * Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from NOON until
     700 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...Thunderstorms will intensify and over the mountains of
   northern Virginia and southwest Pennsylvania and spread eastward
   this afternoon and early evening.  Damaging winds and perhaps hail
   are expected with the more intense storms today.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85
   statute miles east and west of a line from 20 miles south of
   Charlottesville VA to 35 miles north northwest of Harrisburg PA. 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 500. Mean storm motion vector
   27030.

   ...Hart
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