Severe Thunderstorm Watch 686

 

SEL6

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 686
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   125 PM EDT Fri Oct 16 2026

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     District Of Columbia
     Maryland
     Southern New York
     Central and Eastern Pennsylvania
     Northern Virginia
     Eastern West Virginia
     Coastal Waters

   * Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 125 PM until
     800 PM EDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Widespread damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
     A tornado or two possible

   SUMMARY...Clusters of storms will continue to develop and intensify
   this afternoon, with the expectation that fast-moving bands/lines of
   storms will evolve with the potential for wind damage.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
   statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles north of
   Wilkesbarre PA to 80 miles south southwest of Martinsburg WV. For a
   complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

   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.

   &&

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   0.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
   25030.

   ...Guyer