THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

          DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DELAWARE MARYLAND EXCEPT PANHANDLE SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA COASTAL WATERS

   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 215 PM UNTIL 900
   PM EDT.

   SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS
   ISOLATED WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE
   WIDELY SCATTERED LARGE HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER

   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH
   SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH HILL VIRGINIA TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
   WILMINGTON DELAWARE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE
   THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

   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 417...

   DISCUSSION...TSTMS FCST TO CONTINUE INCREASING IN COVERAGE/INTENSITY
   THROUGH REMAINDER AFTERNOON AHEAD OF SFC COLD FRONT...AMIDST
   1000-2500 J/KG MLCAPE AND 20-30 KT EFFECTIVE SHEAR MAGNITUDES.  THIS
   WILL SUPPORT PRIMARILY MULTICELLULAR CONVECTIVE MODES AND THREAT FOR
   DAMAGING DOWNDRAFTS.  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL ALSO IS POSSIBLE.