Tornado Watch

*This does not include Baltimore or DC*

Threats:

NWS TEXT:

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 364

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

155 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

SOUTHERN DELAWARE

EASTERN MARYLAND

NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

EASTERN VIRGINIA

COASTAL WATERS
* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 155 PM UNTIL

800 PM EDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE…

A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE

SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY…SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY THIS

AFTERNOON OVER THE WATCH AREA. STRONG WINDS ALOFT AND FAVORABLE

INSTABILITY WILL POSE A RISK OF SUPERCELL STORMS CAPABLE OF

TORNADOES…ALONG WITH LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF

SALISBURY MARYLAND TO 40 MILES WEST OF ELIZABETH CITY NORTH

CAROLINA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
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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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 23035

Probabilities: