[CALV-ARES] Severe Thunderstorm Watch 227

[Eric Christensen]

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0227.html

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 227...RESENT
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1255 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2015

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
   WESTERN CONNECTICUT
   DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
   DELAWARE
   WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
   EASTERN MARYLAND
   NEW JERSEY
   EASTERN NEW YORK
   EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
   NORTHERN VIRGINIA
   VERMONT
   COASTAL WATERS

* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1255 PM
   UNTIL 700 PM EDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
   SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
   ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

SUMMARY...STORMS EXPANDING IN COVERAGE AT THIS TIME ACROSS THE
NORTHERN APPALACHIANS AND MID-ATLANTIC REGION SHOULD CONTINUE TO
ORGANIZE/INTENSIFY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  RISK FOR DAMAGING
WINDS AND LOCAL/MARGINAL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY
SHIFT EASTWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES WEST NORTHWEST
OF NEWPORT VERMONT TO 15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF BALTIMORE
MARYLAND.  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.

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