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The Nws Storm Prediction Center Has Issued A • Severe Thunderstorm Watch For Portions Of District Of Columbia Delaware Central And Eastern Maryland New Jersey Southern And Eastern Pennsylvania Northern Virginia The Eastern Panhandle Of West Virginia Coastal Waters • Effective This Saturday Afternoon And Evening From 210 PM Until 900 PM EDT. • Primary Threats Include... Scattered Damaging Wind Gusts To 70 Mph Possible Isolated Large Hail Events To 1 Inch In Diameter Possible The Severe Thunderstorm Watch Area Is Approximately Along And 70 Statute Miles Either Side Of A Line From 30 Miles North Of Newark New Jersey To 15 Miles South Southwest Of Washington District Of Colum. 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. && Other Watch Information...Continue...Ww 497... Discussion...Sctd To Numerous Tstms Expected Across Ww Area Through Early Eve...With Storms Gradually Merging Into E To Ese-Moving Clusters. While Wly Deep Shear Decreases With N-To-S Extent In Ww...Ample Shear Appears Present For Some Degree Of Storm Organization/Sustenance...Especially In PA/Nj. Given Degree Of Buoyancy /Mucape Up To 3000 J Per Kg/ And High Pw...Setup May Yield Sctd Instances Of Locally Dmgg Wind And Perhaps Marginally Svr Hail Through Early Tngt. 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 550. Mean Storm Motion Vector 27025.