URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 456
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   100 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2007
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          WESTERN CONNECTICUT
          WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
          NORTHERN NEW JERSEY
          CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW YORK
          CENTRAL AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
          SOUTHERN VERMONT
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 100 PM UNTIL
   800 PM EDT.
   
   HAIL TO 1.5 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 95
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES EAST
   NORTHEAST OF PITTSFIELD MASSACHUSETTS TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
   DUBOIS PENNSYLVANIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE
   THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
   
   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...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING IN COVERAGE
   THROUGHOUT REGION OF MOIST/UNSTABLE AIR MASS ACROSS PARTS OF NY/PA. 
   THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND SPREAD
   EASTWARD INTO WESTERN NEW ENGLAND.  DESPITE RATHER WEAK VERTICAL
   SHEAR...ISOLATED MULTICELL STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS
   AND HAIL.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 27025.

|posted by Sam Lillo @ 6/27/2007 01:55:00 PM