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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 68
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1130 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
DELAWARE
EASTERN MARYLAND
NEW JERSEY
SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
COASTAL WATERS
* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1130 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 80
MPH LIKELY
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...PRE-FRONTAL BANDS OF STORMS WILL SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD FROM
VIRGINIA INTO SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON, WITH AN
ATTENDANT THREAT FOR SWATHS OF DAMAGING WINDS (60-80 MPH) AND A FEW
TORNADOES WITH EMBEDDED CIRCULATIONS. A COUPLE OF STRONG TORNADOES
(EF2) WILL BE POSSIBLE.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALLENTOWN PA TO
35 MILES WEST OF WILMINGTON DE. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE
WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
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 65...WW 66...WW 67...
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 22045.
...THOMPSON
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