Tornado Watch 454

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 454...RESENT
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
735 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2008
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
DELAWARE
PARTS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY
PARTS OF MARYLAND
PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY
PARTS OF SOUTHERN OHIO
A LARGE PART OF VIRGINIA
A LARGE PART OF WEST VIRGINIA
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 735 PM
UNTIL 100 AM EDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA TO 40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF WALLOPS
VIRGINIA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES
TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 447
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TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 449
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TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 450
. WATCH NUMBER 447 449 450 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
735 PM EDT. CONTINUE...
WW 448
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WW 451
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WW 452
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WW 453
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DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP/MOVE EWD
ACROSS WATCH AREA...PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON BOUNDARIES FROM PREVIOUS
ACTIVITY. WITH SHEAR REMAINING FAVORABLE AND MLCAPES TO 2000 J/KG S
OF BOUNDARIES...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE
TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH BOTH LINES AND MORE DESCRETE STORMS.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26035.
...HALES