WWUS20 KWNS 072151 SEL7 SPC WW 072151 MDZ000-PAZ000-VAZ000-WVZ000-CWZ000-080200- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 37 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 455 PM EST Mon Mar 7 2022 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Central and Western Maryland Central Pennsylvania Far Northern Virginia Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia Coastal Waters * Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 455 PM until 900 PM EST. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible SUMMARY...A line of fast-moving showers and isolated thunderstorms will move across the watch area this afternoon and early evening, posing a risk of locally damaging wind gusts. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles north of Williamsport PA to 15 miles south southeast of Martinsburg WV. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7). 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 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 300. Mean storm motion vector 27035. ...Hart