Storm Prediction Center Severe Thunderstorm Watch 27

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   SEL7

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 27
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1025 AM EST Wed Mar 5 2025

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Southern Maryland
     Eastern/Southeastern Virginia
     Coastal Waters

   * Effective this Wednesday morning and evening from 1025 AM until
     600 PM EST.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
     A tornado or two possible

   SUMMARY...A convective line is expected to continue
   eastward/northeastward into more of eastern/southeastern VA and
   southern MD over the next several hours. Strong wind fields across
   the region will support the potential for damaging gusts within this
   line. A low probability for a brief tornado or two also exists.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
   statute miles north and south of a line from 75 miles west southwest
   of Richmond VA to 20 miles east of Patuxent River MD. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

   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.

   &&

   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 26...

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few
   cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
   27035.

   ...Mosier

Note:
The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area.
The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.

   SAW7 
   WW 27 SEVERE TSTM MD VA CW 051525Z - 052300Z
   AXIS..45 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF LINE..
   75WSW RIC/RICHMOND VA/ - 20E NHK/PATUXENT RIVER MD/
   ..AVIATION COORDS.. 40NM N/S /33ESE LYH - 25W SBY/
   HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..1 INCH. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
   MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27035.

   LAT...LON 37737857 38937605 37637605 36437857

   THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
   FOR WOU7.

Watch 27 Status Report Messages:

STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 27

VALID 051640Z - 051740Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.

..THORNTON..03/05/25

ATTN...WFO...LWX...AKQ...

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 27 

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS 

MDC009-017-019-037-039-045-047-051740-

MD 
.    MARYLAND COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

CALVERT 	     CHARLES		 DORCHESTER	     
ST. MARYS	     SOMERSET		 WICOMICO	     
WORCESTER	     
$$


VAC001-007-025-033-036-041-049-053-057-065-073-075-085-087-097-
099-101-103-109-111-115-117-119-127-131-133-135-137-145-147-149-
159-177-179-193-570-630-670-730-760-051740-

VA 
.    VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ACCOMACK	     AMELIA		 BRUNSWICK	     
CAROLINE	     CHARLES CITY	 CHESTERFIELD	     
CUMBERLAND	     DINWIDDIE		 ESSEX		     
FLUVANNA	     GLOUCESTER 	 GOOCHLAND	     
HANOVER 	     HENRICO		 KING AND QUEEN      
KING GEORGE	     KING WILLIAM	 LANCASTER	     
LOUISA		     LUNENBURG		 MATHEWS	     
MECKLENBURG	     MIDDLESEX		 NEW KENT	     
NORTHAMPTON	     NORTHUMBERLAND	 NOTTOWAY	     
ORANGE		     POWHATAN		 PRINCE EDWARD	     
PRINCE GEORGE	     RICHMOND		 SPOTSYLVANIA	     
STAFFORD	     WESTMORELAND	 


VIRGINIA INDEPENDENT CITIES INCLUDED ARE

COLONIAL HEIGHTS     FREDERICKSBURG	 HOPEWELL	     
PETERSBURG	     RICHMOND		 
$$


ANZ533-534-536-537-541-542-543-630-631-635-636-650-652-654-
051740-

CW 

.    ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDED ARE

CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NORTH BEACH TO DRUM POINT MD 

CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM DRUM POINT MD TO SMITH POINT VA 

TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD 

TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA 

CHOPTANK RIVER TO CAMBRIDGE MD AND THE LITTLE CHOPTANK RIVER 

PATUXENT RIVER TO BROOMES ISLAND MD 

TANGIER SOUND AND THE INLAND WATERS SURROUNDING BLOODSWORTH
ISLAND 

CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT TO WINDMILL POINT VA 

CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO NEW POINT COMFORT VA 

RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER FROM URBANNA TO WINDMILL POINT 

YORK RIVER 

COASTAL WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND DE TO CHINCOTEAGUE VA OUT 20
NM 

COASTAL WATERS FROM CHINCOTEAGUE TO PARRAMORE ISLAND VA OUT 20 NM 

COASTAL WATERS FROM PARRAMORE ISLAND TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA OUT
20 NM 

$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY.  PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$