SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 228

WW 228 SEVERE TSTM DC MD PA VA WV CW 052200Z – 060400Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 228
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
600 PM EDT Mon May 5 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  District Of Columbia
  Maryland
  Southern Pennsylvania
  Northern and Eastern Virginia
  Eastern Panhandle West Virginia
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Monday night from 600 PM until Midnight 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...Scattered linear clusters of strong to severe
thunderstorms will likely develop and move northward into the Watch
area this evening.  A few of the stronger cellular storms will pose
a risk for large hail (1 to 1.5 inches in diameter).  A transient
supercell or two is possible in addition to a couple of line
segments.  Strong to severe gusts capable of wind damage will be the
primary hazard with these storms, but a brief tornado is possible
mainly early this evening with this activity.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles east northeast
of Hagerstown MD to 25 miles southwest of Patuxent River MD. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 223...WW 224...WW
225...WW 226...WW 227...

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 400. Mean storm motion vector
19030.

...Smith

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