WATCHES: Urgent - Immediate Broadcast Requested

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 893
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
935 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
DELAWARE
EASTERN MARYLAND
NEW JERSEY
PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
PARTS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
PARTS OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 935 AM UNTIL
400 PM EDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF
BRIDGEPORT CONNECTICUT TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PATUXENT RIVER
MARYLAND. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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.

DISCUSSION...SQUALL LINE ERN PA INTO NRN MD WILL INTENSITY WITH
APPROACH OF UPPER TROUGH AND AVAILABILITY OF A VERY MOIST MODERATELY
UNSTABLE WARM SECTOR. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT AS
STORMS MOVE EWD AND DEVELOP A LITTLE FURTHER S INTO VA/ERN MD.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 24030.

...HALES

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