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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 818
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
135 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
MARYLAND
SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
NORTHERN VIRGINIA
FAR EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 135 PM UNTIL 700
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 65
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST
OF DOVER DELAWARE TO 35 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF STAUNTON
VIRGINIA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
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
Aerial Outline for STW #818:
The National Weather Service has issued Severe Thunderstorm Watch
818 in effect until 7 PM EDT this evening for the following areas
The District of Columbia
In Maryland this watch includes 12 counties
In central Maryland
Anne Arundel Howard Montgomery
Prince Georges
In north central Maryland
Carroll Frederick Washington
In northern Maryland
Baltimore Harford
In southern Maryland
Calvert Charles St. Marys
In Virginia this watch includes 23 counties
In central Virginia
Albemarle Greene King George
Nelson Orange Spotsylvania
In northern Virginia
Arlington Culpeper Fairfax
Fauquier Loudoun Prince William
Stafford
In northwest Virginia
Clarke Frederick Madison
Page Rappahannock Shenandoah
Warren
In western Virginia
Augusta Highland Rockingham
In West Virginia this watch includes 3 counties
In northeast West Virginia
Berkeley Jefferson Morgan
In Maryland this watch includes 1 independent city
In northern Maryland
Baltimore City
In Virginia this watch includes 11 independent cities
In central Virginia
Charlottesville City of Fredericksburg
In northern Virginia
City of Alexandria City of Fairfax City of Falls Church
City of Manassas City of Manassas Park
In northwest Virginia
City of Harrisonburg City of Winchester
In western Virginia
City of Staunton City of Waynesboro