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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1050 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
MARYLAND
NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
EASTERN VIRGINIA
THE EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE
COASTAL WATERS
* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1050 AM UNTIL
700 PM EDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 85
MPH LIKELY
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...SEVERAL BANDS AND CLUSTERS OF STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
INTENSIFY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON, WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
SWATHS OF DAMAGING WINDS, SOME SIGNIFICANT (75-85 MPH), AND EMBEDDED
CIRCULATIONS WILL POSE A THREAT FOR SEVERAL TORNADOES, SOME OF WHICH
COULD BE STRONG (EF2+).
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF BALTIMORE MD TO 55
MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF NORFOLK VA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE
WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
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 64...WW 65...WW 66...
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 75 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
...THOMPSON
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