Tornado Watch – Canceled
Statement as of 5:40 PM EDT on June 10, 2013
The National Weather Service has cancelled Tornado Watch 293 for
the following areas
In Virginia this cancels 8 counties
In central Virginia
Nelson
In northwest Virginia
Frederick Page Shenandoah
Warren
In western Virginia
Augusta Highland Rockingham
In Virginia this cancels 4 independent cities
In northwest Virginia
City of Harrisonburg City of Winchester
In western Virginia
City of Staunton City of Waynesboro
This includes the cities of…Front Royal…Greenfield…
Harrisonburg…Luray…Monterey…Staunton…Strasburg…
Waynesboro…Winchester and Woodstock.
Canceled
TORNADO WATCH
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 293
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
200 PM EDT MON JUN 10 2013
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
DELAWARE
MUCH OF MARYLAND
NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY
SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
MUCH OF VIRGINIA
THE EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA
COASTAL WATERS
* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 200 PM UNTIL
1000 PM EDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE…
SEVERAL TORNADOES LIKELY
NUMEROUS DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 105 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH
HILL VIRGINIA TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILMINGTON DELAWARE. FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
REMEMBER…A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND 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.
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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION…CONTINUE…WW 292…
DISCUSSION…TSTMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP/PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVE
ALONG THE NRN EXTENSIONS OF THE SAME THE CONFLUENCE AXES RESPONSIBLE
FOR STORMS NOW IN THE CAROLINAS. WHILE MID-LVL LAPSE RATES WILL
REMAIN MODEST…SFC HEATING AND FAIRLY RICH LOW-LVL MOISTURE SHOULD
YIELD SUFFICIENT BUOYANCY FOR SUSTAINED STORMS AND POSSIBLE
SUPERCELLS GIVEN STRENGTHENING MID-LVL FLOW /WITH SWLY 500 MB FLOW
AROUND 50 KTS/ AND ASCENT EXPECTED WITH THE CONTINUED EWD MOVEMENT
OF TN VLY UPR TROUGH. POTENTIAL FOR LOW-LVL MESOCYCLONES MAY BE
ENHANCED NEAR DIFFUSE WARM FRONT IN SE PA/NE MD/DE.
AVIATION…TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23030.
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