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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 45
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
145 PM EDT WED MAR 11 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN MARYLAND
WESTERN AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
FAR NORTHERN VIRGINIA
THE EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE
* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 145 PM
UNTIL 800 PM EDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...AN INCREASING SEVERE THREAT SHOULD EXIST THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE QUICKLY EAST-NORTHEASTWARD.
OCCASIONAL HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR WITH ANY SUPERCELLS,
ALONG WITH A COUPLE OF TORNADOES. IF THUNDERSTORMS CAN FORM INTO A
BOWING LINE/CLUSTER, THEN A GREATER RISK FOR SEVERE/DAMAGING WINDS
WOULD BE REALIZED.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
PITTSBURGH PA TO 10 MILES NORTH OF HAGERSTOWN MD. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 42...WW 43...WW 44...
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 400. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 26045.
...GLEASON
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