Severe Thunderstorm Watch 448

 SEL8

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 448
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   325 PM EDT Fri Jul 3 2026

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Northern Delaware
     Northeast Maryland
     New Jersey
     Southern New York
     Central and Eastern Pennsylvania
     Coastal Waters

   * Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 325 PM until
     1100 PM EDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

   SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are intensifying over southern New York and
   northern Pennsylvania in a hot/humid air mass.  These storms will
   track southeastward through the afternoon and early evening, posing
   a risk of locally damaging wind gusts.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 100
   statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles northwest of
   Binghamton NY to 40 miles west southwest of Wilmington DE. For a
   complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

   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 445...WW 446...WW 447...

   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
   29030.

   ...Hart