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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 235
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
205 PM EDT Wed May 20 2026
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Southern Connecticut
Delaware
Eastern Maryland
New Jersey
Southeast New York
Eastern Pennsylvania
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 205 PM
until 900 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible
SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms will develop and track eastward
across the watch area through the afternoon and evening. Hot and
unstable conditions will lead to conditions supportive of damaging
wind gusts in the strongest storms.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles northwest of
Wilmington DE to 25 miles southeast of Groton CT. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
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 234...
AVIATION...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 500. Mean storm motion vector
27030.
...Hart
