SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 481
     NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
     145 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012

     SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 481 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
     FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
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 DC 
     .    DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

     DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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 DE 
     .    DELAWARE COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

     KENT                 SUSSEX              
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     MD 
     .    MARYLAND COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

     ANNE ARUNDEL         BALTIMORE           CALVERT             
     CAROLINE             CARROLL             CHARLES             
     DORCHESTER           FREDERICK           HARFORD             
     HOWARD               KENT                MONTGOMERY          
     PRINCE GEORGES       QUEEN ANNE'S        SOMERSET            
     ST. MARYS            TALBOT              WASHINGTON          
     WICOMICO             WORCESTER           

     MARYLAND INDEPENDENT CITIES INCLUDED ARE

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

          DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
          DELAWARE
          EXTREME NORTHEAST KENTUCKY
          MARYLAND
          EXTREME SOUTHEAST OHIO
          NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA
          WEST VIRGINIA
          COASTAL WATERS

   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 145 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM EDT.

   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60
   STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST
   OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA TO 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF SALISBURY
   MARYLAND.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

   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.

   DISCUSSION...STORMS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG A COLD FRONT FROM SERN OH
   INTO NRN MD AS IT MOVES SEWD INTO A MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE
   ENVIRONMENT.  TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE MID 90S TO AROUND 100F AHEAD
   OF THE FRONT RESULTING IN STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES WHICH WILL
   ENHANCE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.  IN ADDITION...LARGE
   INSTABILITY INDICATES POTENTIAL FOR STORMS TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. 
   ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUING DEVELOPING AND MOVE ESEWD THIS
   AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.