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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 335
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
340 PM EDT Mon May 27 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of
  District Of Columbia
  Central and Eastern Maryland
  Central and Eastern North Carolina
  Eastern and Northern Virginia
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 340 PM until
  1100 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A couple tornadoes possible
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Severe thunderstorms are expected to develop through the
afternoon across the region. Damaging winds are expected to be the
most common risk, but some hail is possible, and a moist environment
and strong atmospheric winds will also support a tornado risk.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 75 statute miles
east and west of a line from 40 miles north northeast of Baltimore
MD to Jacksonville NC. For a complete depiction of the watch see the
associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for
tornadoes and 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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 333...WW 334...

AVIATION...Tornadoes and 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 500. Mean
storm motion vector 24030.

...Guyer