WW 663 SEVERE TSTM DC MD PA VA WV CW 291955Z – 300300Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 663
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
355 PM EDT Thu Aug 29 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of District Of Columbia Maryland South-Central Pennsylvania Northern Virginia Far Eastern West Virginia Coastal Waters * Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 355 PM until 1100 PM EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible SUMMARY...Scattered storms will continue to increase, intensify, and
potentially organize as they persist through early/mid-evening, with
localized wind damage and some hail possible. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles north northwest
of Harrisburg PA to 20 miles south 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 662... 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 550. Mean storm motion vector
29020. ...Guyer
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