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WWUS20 KWNS 170013
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SPC WW 170013
DEZ000-MDZ000-NCZ000-NJZ000-VAZ000-CWZ000-170400-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 71
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
815 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
DELAWARE
CENTRAL AND EASTERN MARYLAND
NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY
SOUTHEAST AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA
COASTAL WATERS
* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT FROM 815 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...A LINE OF LOW-TOPPED CONVECTION SHOULD CONTINUE TO POSE
SOME RISK FOR SCATTERED SEVERE/DAMAGING WINDS AS IT MOVES QUICKLY
EAST-NORTHEASTWARD THIS EVENING.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES EAST NORTHEAST
OF WILMINGTON DE TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORFOLK VA. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES.
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
0 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 200. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
25040.
...GLEASON
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