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SEL5 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 325 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 845 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of District Of Columbia Western and Central Maryland South-Central Pennsylvania Central and Northern Virginia Eastern West Virginia Panhandle Coastal Waters * Effective this Sunday night from 845 PM until Midnight EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible SUMMARY...A mature squall line will continue to move northeast across the Watch area during the mid to late evening. The stronger embedded cells within the line and bowing segments will be capable of strong to severe gusts (55-65 mph) and wind damage. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40 statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles north northwest of Altoona PA to 20 miles south of Richmond VA. 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 317...WW 318...WW 319...WW 320...WW 321...WW 322...WW 323...WW 324... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector 23035. ...Smith