Tornado Watch S PA/NJ south to VA
Posted: (November 15, 2008 12:13 pm)



  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.