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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 435
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WW0435 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Low

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   SEL5

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 435
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   430 PM EDT Sun Jul 2 2023

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

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

   * Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 430 PM until
     1100 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...A few lower-topped supercells over
   south-central/east-central Pennsylvania should consolidate into a
   cluster across parts of the Delaware Valley. Additional cells
   forming into northern Virginia may evolve into a cluster across the
   Chesapeake Bay vicinity with damaging wind as the main threat.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
   statute miles east and west of a line from 5 miles southeast of
   Patuxent River MD to 25 miles east northeast of Allentown PA. For a
   complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

   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.

   &&

   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 430...WW 431...WW
   432...WW 433...WW 434...

   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
   25030.

   ...Grams
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