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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 288
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
300 PM EDT Wed May 22 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Central Maryland
  Central New York
  Central Pennsylvania
  Northern Virginia
  Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia
  Lake Ontario
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 300 PM
  until 800 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Scattered afternoon thunderstorms across the watch area
will pose  a risk of locally damaging wind gusts and hail.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 15 miles west northwest
of Watertown NY to 60 miles west southwest of Washington DC. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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 284...WW 285...WW
286...WW 287...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
27025.

...Hart