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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 471
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
850 PM EDT Wed Jun 26 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  District Of Columbia
  Central and Eastern Maryland
  Northern Virginia
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Wednesday night from 850 PM until Midnight EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 60 mph possible

SUMMARY...A broken linear cluster of strong to severe thunderstorms
will likely continue east across northern Virginia and adjacent
portions of Maryland through the late evening.  Strong to locally
severe gusts (50-60 mph) capable of wind damage will be possible
with the stronger thunderstorms and outflow surges as this activity
moves east.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles south of
Martinsburg WV to 45 miles east of Baltimore MD. 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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 464...WW 467...WW
468...WW 469...WW 470...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 50 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
25035.

...Smith