Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Statement as of 3:50 PM EDT on May 15, 2014
The National Weather Service has cancelled Severe Thunderstorm
Watch 157 for the following areas
In Virginia this cancels 8 counties
In central Virginia
Albemarle Greene Nelson
In northwest Virginia
Madison Page Shenandoah
In western Virginia
Augusta Rockingham
In West Virginia this cancels 2 counties
In northeast West Virginia
Hampshire Hardy
In Virginia this cancels 4 independent cities
In central Virginia
Charlottesville
In northwest Virginia
City of Harrisonburg
In western Virginia
City of Staunton City of Waynesboro
This includes the cities of…Charlottesville…Greenfield…
Harrisonburg…Luray…Madison…Moorefield…Romney…
Stanardsville…Staunton…Strasburg…Waynesboro and Woodstock.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
central Maryland
central and eastern North Carolina
central Virginia
eastern West Virginia Panhandle
coastal waters
* effective this Thursday morning and evening from 1155 am until
800 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include…
scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
a tornado or two possible
The Severe Thunderstorm Watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 10 miles west
northwest of Hagerstown Maryland to 40 miles west of Wilmington
North Carolina. 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.
Discussion…a line of ongoing thunderstorms will intensify this
afternoon while shifting eastward through the Piedmont. Other storms
may form ahead of the squall line across the Piedmont and coastal
plains as the environment becomes moderately unstable. Wind shear
profiles will be supportive of embedded bowing structures and
supercells capable of damaging wind gusts and perhaps a tornado or
two.
Aviation…a few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft
to 0.5 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60
knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm
motion vector 21025.
