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SEL1 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 321 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 605 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Far Western Maryland North-Central North Carolina Western and South-Central Virginia Eastern West Virginia * Effective this Sunday evening from 605 PM until 1100 PM EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible SUMMARY...An organized and long-lived squall line will likely continue into the Watch area this evening across western Virginia northward into far western Maryland. Strong to severe gusts ranging from 50-70 mph will be capable of wind damage. Farther south, a couple of strong to severe thunderstorm clusters will probably move into north-central North Carolina during the evening and potentially pose a risk for large hail and damaging gusts. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45 statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles west northwest of Martinsburg WV to 40 miles southeast of Greensboro NC. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1). 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 316...WW 317...WW 318...WW 319...WW 320... 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 350. Mean storm motion vector 25035. ...Smith