SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
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Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Statement as of 7:36 PM EDT on May 27, 2011
The National Weather Service has cancelled Severe Thunderstorm
Watch 388 for the following areas
In Virginia this cancels 19 counties
In central Virginia
Albemarle Greene King George
Nelson Orange Spotsylvania
In northern Virginia
Culpeper Fauquier Stafford
In northwest Virginia
Clarke Frederick Madison
Page Rappahannock Shenandoah
Warren
In western Virginia
Augusta Highland Rockingham
In West Virginia this cancels 5 counties
In northeast West Virginia
Grant Hampshire Hardy
Mineral Pendleton
In Virginia this cancels 6 independent cities
In central Virginia
Charlottesville City of Fredericksburg
In northwest Virginia
City of Harrisonburg City of Winchester
In western Virginia
City of Staunton City of Waynesboro
This includes the cities of…Bayard…Berryville…
Charlottesville…Culpeper…Dahlgren…Elk Garden…Falmouth…
Fort Ashby…Franklin…Front Royal…Greenfield…Harrisonburg…
Keyser…Luray…Madison…Monterey…Moorefield…Mount Storm…
Orange…Petersburg…Romney…Spotsylvania courthouse…
Stanardsville…Staunton…Strasburg…Warrenton…Washington…
Waynesboro…Winchester and Woodstock.
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 388
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1255 PM EDT FRI MAY 27 2011
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
CENTRAL MARYLAND
CENTRAL NEW YORK
CENTRAL AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
NORTHERN VIRGINIA
EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1255 PM UNTIL
800 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 75
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF
CHARLOTTESVILLE VIRGINIA TO 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF ITHACA NEW
YORK. 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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION…CONTINUE…WW 387…
DISCUSSION…SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM THIS AFTERNOON IN
CORRIDOR OF MODERATE INSTABILITY FROM NORTHERN VA INTO PORTIONS OF
PA/NY. RATHER STRONG MID LEVEL WINDS AND STEEP LOW/MID LEVEL LAPSE
RATES WILL PROMOTE ORGANIZED STORMS INCLUDING A FEW SUPERCELLS.
LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ARE THE MAIN THREATS.
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 23035.
City & county outline areas below:
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 388
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1255 PM EDT FRI MAY 27 2011
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 388 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
VA
. VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ALBEMARLE ARLINGTON AUGUSTA
CLARKE CULPEPER FAIRFAX
FAUQUIER FREDERICK GREENE
HIGHLAND KING GEORGE LOUDOUN
MADISON NELSON ORANGE
PAGE PRINCE WILLIAM RAPPAHANNOCK
ROCKINGHAM SHENANDOAH SPOTSYLVANIA
STAFFORD WARREN
VIRGINIA INDEPENDENT CITIES INCLUDED ARE
ALEXANDRIA CHARLOTTESVILLE FAIRFAX
FALLS CHURCH FREDERICKSBURG HARRISONBURG
MANASSAS MANASSAS PARK STAUNTON
WAYNESBORO WINCHESTER
