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URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 652
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
555 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2007

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
CENTRAL AND WESTERN MARYLAND
SOUTHEAST OHIO
MUCH OF PENNSYLVANIA
NORTHERN VIRGINIA
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 555 PM UNTIL
1100 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 140
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH
NORTHWEST OF WILLIAMSPORT PENNSYLVANIA TO 45 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF ELKINS WEST VIRGINIA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF
THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU2).

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 650…WW 651…

DISCUSSION…THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE COLD
FRONT MOVING EWD/SEWD ACROSS OH INTO WV/PA THIS EVENING. MODERATE
INSTABILITY AND VERTICAL SHEAR IN THE WARM SECTOR WILL SUPPORT
ORGANIZED LINE SEGMENTS AND MULTICELL CLUSTERS…WITH THE THREAT FOR
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. FARTHER E…SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF
STORMS FROM NRN VA INTO ERN PA WILL DRIFT E OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN
AND BE MAINTAINED BY A VERY WARM/MOIST ENVIRONMENT WITH STRONG
INSTABILITY NEAR AND W OF THE I-95 CORRIDOR. THOUGH VERTICAL SHEAR
IS WEAK THIS FAR E…THE STRONG INSTABILITY SHOULD SUPPORT A
CONTINUED THREAT FOR DAMAGING WET MICROBURSTS AND ISOLATED HAIL INTO
THE LATE EVENING.

County / city outline area:

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 652
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
555 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2007

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 HARRISONBURG MANASSAS
MANASSAS PARK STAUNTON WAYNESBORO
WINCHESTER
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