TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
MARYLAND
NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA
CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA
EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1055 AM UNTIL 700
PM EDT.
SEVERAL TORNADOES
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS
ISOLATED WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF
SOUTH HILL VIRGINIA TO 40 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF BALTIMORE
MARYLAND. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
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 641…
DISCUSSION…A GRADUAL INCREASE IN STORM COVERAGE AND INTENSITY IS
EXPECTED TODAY AS LARGE-SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT INCREASES ACROSS A
VERY MOIST AND MARGINALLY UNSTABLE WARM SECTOR. CURRENT VAD AND
MODEL FORECAST DATA INDICATE A CONTINUED STRENGTHENING OF THE
DEEP-LAYER WIND FIELD THROUGH THE PEAK OF THE DIURNAL HEATING CYCLE
WITH THE ENVIRONMENT BECOMING SUPPORTIVE OF EMBEDDED BOW/LEWP AND
SUPERCELL STRUCTURES CAPABLE OF TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS.
AVIATION…TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23040.
…MEAD
