Tornado Watch 28

Issued

Feb 24, 2016, 3:20 PM EST (20:20 UTC)

Expired

Feb 24, 2016, 11:43 PM EST

In force

8 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

50%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

30%

Ten or more severe wind reports

70%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

20%

Ten or more severe hail reports

10%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

5%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

80%

• Mesoscale Discussion 145Feb 24, 1:18 PM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 149Feb 24, 3:06 PM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 150Feb 24, 4:46 PM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 151Feb 24, 6:40 PM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 152Feb 24, 6:46 PM EST
• Mesoscale Discussion 153Feb 24, 10:39 PM EST

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WWUS20 KWNS 242017
SEL8  
SPC WW 242017
DCZ000-DEZ000-MDZ000-NJZ000-PAZ000-VAZ000-CWZ000-250400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 28
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
320 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
  DELAWARE
  CENTRAL AND EASTERN MARYLAND
  SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY
  SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
  NORTHERN VIRGINIA
  COASTAL WATERS

* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 320 PM
  UNTIL 1100 PM EST.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A FEW TORNADOES AND A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

SUMMARY...A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL QUICKLY PROGRESS
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING.
DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA TO 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF PATUXENT
RIVER MARYLAND.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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...CONTINUE...WW 26...WW 27...

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21045.


...GRAMS

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.