URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 811
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1040 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
DELAWARE
EASTERN MARYLAND
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY
SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1040 AM UNTIL
800 PM EDT.
TORNADOES...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH...AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORFOLK
VIRGINIA TO 15 MILES NORTH OF ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND 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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 810...
DISCUSSION...SEVERAL CONVECTIVE BANDS TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER OF
HURRICANE IRENE CONTINUE TO CONTAIN SMALL ROTATING CELLS. THESE ARE
MOVING ONSHORE INTO THE TIDEWATER NEAR VIRGINIA BEACH AND EAST OF
CHESAPEAKE BAY OVER COASTAL VA AND MD. A THREAT FOR A FEW TORNADOES
WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT NWD ALONG THE COAST AS IRENE MOVES NNEWD PER
LATEST NHC FORECAST.
