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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 543
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WW0543 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL3

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 543
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1140 AM EDT Sun Sep 25 2022

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     District Of Columbia
     Maryland
     South central Pennsylvania
     Northern Virginia
     The eastern West Virginia Panhandle
     Coastal Waters

   * Effective this Sunday morning and evening from 1140 AM until
     700 PM EDT.

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

   SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms will likely persist through the
   afternoon, with some additional storm development expected.  The
   storm environment favors a mix of supercells and line segments with
   attendant threats of damaging winds and large hail.  An isolated
   tornado or two may also occur.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
   statute miles east and west of a line from 15 miles north northwest
   of Harrisburg PA to 40 miles east of Staunton VA. 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 450. Mean storm motion vector
   27045.

   ...Thompson
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