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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 653
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
205 PM EDT FRI SEP 4 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
EASTERN KENTUCKY
WESTERN MARYLAND
SOUTHEAST OHIO
VIRGINIA
WEST VIRGINIA
COASTAL WATERS
* EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 205 PM UNTIL
900 PM EDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...RELATIVELY WIDESPREAD CLUSTERS OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
BECOME INCREASINGLY COMMON THIS AFTERNOON, WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
STORMS TO ORGANIZE OVER TIME AS THEY PROGRESS GENERALLY
SOUTHEASTWARD. WIND DAMAGE WILL BE THE MOST COMMON HAZARD.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST OF
CHARLESTON WV TO 50 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF RICHMOND VA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
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 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR
30025.
...GUYER
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