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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 406
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1230 PM EDT THU JUN 24 2010

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

SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
DELAWARE
MUCH OF MARYLAND
NEW JERSEY
SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA
THE EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1230 PM UNTIL
800 PM EDT.

HAIL TO 1.5 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 140
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHEAST OF ELKINS WEST VIRGINIA TO 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
BLOCK ISLAND RHODE ISLAND. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH
SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 404...WW 405...

DISCUSSION...TSTMS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INCREASING ALONG DIFFUSE
COLD FRONT NOW BISECTING PA. OTHER STORMS MAY FORM AHEAD OF FRONT
ALONG LEE TROUGH. STRENGTH OF DEEP UNIDIRECTIONAL WIND FIELD AND
CONTINUED LOW LVL DESTABILIZATION LIKELY WILL LEAD TO INCREASED
POTENTIAL FOR DMGG WIND GUSTS AS STORMS...INCLUDING A FEW
SUPERCELLS...ORGANIZE INTO SHORT LINE/BANDS.

AVIATION...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 24045.

...CORFIDI

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