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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.

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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