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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 448

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

515 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  UPSTATE NEW YORK

  LAKE ONTARIO



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 515

  PM UNTIL 100 AM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS MUCH OF UPSTATE NEW

YORK THIS EVENING...FOCUSED PRIMARILY ALONG A WARM FRONT THAT SHOULD

ADVANCE SLOWLY NORTHWARD.  WHILE DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY

THREAT...ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN NOT BE DISCOUNTED.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45

STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES WEST NORTHWEST

OF SYRACUSE NEW YORK TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GLENS FALLS NEW

YORK.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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 447...



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 25035.





...DARROW

