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SPC WW 161948

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 687

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

350 PM EDT Fri Oct 16 2026



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 

  Western Connecticut

  Delaware

  Eastern Maryland

  New Jersey

  Far Southern New York

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 350 PM until

  1000 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible



SUMMARY...A line of storms will continue to progress

east-northeastward toward the region into this evening, with wind

damage as the primary severe hazard.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40

statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles northeast of

Poughkeepsie NY to 35 miles south southwest of Dover DE. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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 686...



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

25035.



...Guyer