Storm Prediction Center Severe Thunderstorm Watch 219
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 219
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
435 PM EDT Sat May 3 2025
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
District Of Columbia
Central into Northeast Maryland
Southeast Pennsylvania
Northern Virginia
The Far Eastern West Virginia Panhandle
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 435 PM until
1000 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Isolated to widely scattered supercells should pose some
threat for severe hail around 1-1.5 inches in diameter and damaging
winds late this afternoon into the evening. A tornado or two may
also occur.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35
statute miles east and west of a line from 65 miles north of
Baltimore MD to 65 miles southwest of Washington DC. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
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 218...
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 450. Mean storm motion vector
24035.
...Gleason
2025-05-03 20:35:03
