Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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SEL6
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 496
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
140 PM EDT Tue Jul 8 2025
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Western Connecticut
District Of Columbia
Delaware
Maryland
New Jersey
Far southeast New York
Eastern Pennsylvania
Central and eastern Virginia
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 140 PM until
900 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
SUMMARY…Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop and spread
eastward through the afternoon and evening. The storm environment
will favor a mix of small clusters and line segments capable of
producing damaging winds of 60-70 mph.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75
statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles east southeast
of Lynchburg VA to 30 miles north of Newark NJ. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
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.
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AVIATION…A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
26020.
…Thompson
Note: The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area. The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.
SAW6
WW 496 SEVERE TSTM CT DC DE MD NJ NY PA VA CW 081740Z – 090100Z
AXIS..75 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF LINE..
55ESE LYH/LYNCHBURG VA/ – 30N EWR/NEWARK NJ/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 65NM E/W /48ESE LYH – 17ENE SAX/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..0.5 INCH. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26020.
LAT…LON 37007964 41137561 41137273 37007692
THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
FOR WOU6.
Watch 496 Status Report Message has not been issued yet.
Note: Click for Complete Product Text.Tornadoes
Probability of 2 or more tornadoes
Low (