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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 630
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1245 PM EDT THU AUG 27 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT
NORTHERN DELAWARE
NEW JERSEY
SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
FAR SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
COASTAL WATERS
* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1245 PM
UNTIL 800 PM EDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS INTENSITY AND COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO
INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL. A LOW-PROBABILITY
TORNADO RISK EXISTS WITH ANY MORE DISCRETE STORMS AS WELL.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 35
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST
OF NEWARK NJ TO 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTIC CITY NJ. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
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
1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A
FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
26020.
...MOSIER
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