URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 459
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
330 PM EDT Sat Jul 4 2026
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Delaware
Eastern Maryland
New Jersey
Central and Southeast New York
Central and Eastern Pennsylvania
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 330 PM until
1100 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
to 75 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible
SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will increase in coverage through the
afternoon across the watch area, in a warm and unstable air mass.
Locally damaging wind gusts and some hail are likely with the more
intense cores.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 95
statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles southwest of
Dubois PA to 35 miles southeast of Monticello NY. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
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 454...WW 455...WW
456...WW 457...WW 458...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
28030.
...Hart
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