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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 281
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
445 PM EDT SAT JUN 6 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EXTREME SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT
NORTHERN DELAWARE
NEW JERSEY
SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
COASTAL WATERS
* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 445 PM UNTIL
1000 PM EDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...CLUSTERS OF STORMS WILL SPREAD GENERALLY EASTWARD FROM
PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN MARYLAND INTO NEW JERSEY, NORTHERN
DELAWARE AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK (INCLUDING PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK
CITY) THROUGH LATE EVENING. THE MORE INTENSE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE
OF DAMAGING WIND SWATHS UP TO 75 MPH, ALONG WITH ISOLATED HAIL NEAR
1 INCH IN DIAMETER.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST
OF ALLENTOWN PA TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF ISLIP NY. 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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 277...WW 278...WW
279...WW 280...
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO
1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS. A FEW
CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
28040.
...THOMPSON
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