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Tornado Watch 276
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Low

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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Tornado Watch Number 276
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   620 AM EDT Fri May 27 2022

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Tornado Watch for portions of 
     District Of Columbia
     Central and northern Maryland
     Central and northern North Carolina
     Central and northern Virginia
     Extreme northeastern West Virginia
     Coastal Waters

   * Effective this Friday morning and afternoon from 620 AM until
     200 PM EDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     A few tornadoes possible
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

   SUMMARY...A gradual ramp-up of thunderstorm intensity and coverage
   should continue through the remainder of the morning in a
   destabilizing, moist environment, with enough shear to support
   supercells and bowing segments.  A few tornadoes and scattered
   damaging to locally severe gusts are possible.

   The tornado watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles
   east and west of a line from 25 miles southwest of Southern Pines NC
   to 40 miles east northeast of Martinsburg WV. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

   PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

   REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for
   tornadoes and 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.

   &&

   AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
   surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
   gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
   storm motion vector 22030.

   ...Edwards
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