South Jersey about to got rocked, looking meh for areas North of Philly. About ready to put a fork in this one for our area, although a marginal threat exists with the activity near Wilkes-Barre.
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 119
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1130 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
District Of Columbia
Delaware
Maryland
New Jersey
Central and eastern Pennsylvania
Northern Virginia
Eastern West Virginia Panhandle
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Monday morning and evening from 1130 AM until
600 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
A couple tornadoes possible
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
Isolated large hail event
The old SPC WRF is signaling a good amount of 2-5km updraft helicity (rotation) crossing the area with convection between 18 and 22z which would correlate with the strongest instability.
12z NAM with a convective damaging wind threat here tomorrow after steady rain moves out early afternoon. Not sure if we get enough clearing for Northern areas with warm front hung up around I-87.