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Tornado Watch 615
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WW0615 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Very Low Very Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Very Low Very Low

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   SEL5

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Tornado Watch Number 615
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   635 PM EDT Thu Aug 8 2024

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Tornado Watch for portions of 
     District Of Columbia
     Maryland
     Eastern North Carolina
     Central and eastern Virginia
     The eastern West Virginia Panhandle
     Coastal Waters

   * Effective this Thursday night and Friday morning from 635 PM
     until 700 AM EDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     A few tornadoes possible

   SUMMARY...Convective bands with embedded supercells and the
   potential for a few tornadoes will persist overnight and spread
   northward from North Carolina into Virginia/Maryland with the
   remnants of tropical cyclone Debby.

   The tornado watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles
   east and west of a line from 30 miles east northeast of Martinsburg
   WV to 35 miles east of Goldsboro NC. For a complete depiction of the
   watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

   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...This tornado watch replaces tornado
   watch number 614. Watch number 614 will not be in effect after
   635 PM EDT. 

   AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
   surface and aloft to 0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
   gusts to 50 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
   storm motion vector 17035.

   ...Thompson
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