SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 686
WW 686 SEVERE TSTM DC MD NY PA VA WV CW 161725Z - 170000Z

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.

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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

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https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0686.html