TORNADO WATCH FROM TRENTON NJ TO NORFORK VA (PHL-BALT-DC-RICHMOND)
Posted: (November 15, 2008 12:33 pm)

The Storms Prediction Center has just posted a TORNADO WATCH for a good portion of the Mid Atlantic region. This watch includes Trenton NJ, South Jersey, Philly Metro, Wilmington, Baltimore-Washington DC-Richmond Metro Areas, MD Eastern Shore, DE and MD Beaches, Salisbury-Dover, The Eastern Half of Virginia, The tidewater of Virginia including Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Cape Charles.

The sun is helping to destablize the atmosphere this afternoon and this will increase the chance of severe storms and even a few quick spinning tornadoes.  If this is going to happen it will be after 2:30pm West of the metro areas of DC-BALT-PHILLY, in the metro areas from 3:30pm to 5:30pm and the beaches from 5:30pm to 7:00pm.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 934
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1225 PM EST SAT NOV 15 2008
  
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
  
          DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
          DELAWARE
          MUCH OF MARYLAND
          ALL BUT NORTHERN NEW JERSEY
          PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
          MUCH OF EASTERN VIRGINIA
          COASTAL WATERS
  
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1225 PM UNTIL
   700 PM EST.
  
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
   TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
  
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
   TRENTON NEW JERSEY TO 20 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF SOUTH HILL
   VIRGINIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
  
   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.
  
   DISCUSSION...VERY STRONG UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED WIND FIELDS
   APPROACHING MID ATLANTIC STATES WHERE AIR MASS HAS CONTINUED TO WARM
   AND DESTABILIZE THIS AM.  THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
   ALONG/AHEAD OF COLD FRONT NOW MOVING E OF APPALACHIANS IN THE FORM
   OF A SQUALL LINE.  IN ADDITION TO WIND DAMAGE...EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS
   ARE POSSIBLE WITH TORNADO POTENTIAL.  ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO SPREAD
   NEWD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON.
  
   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 23045.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------