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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 410

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1005 AM EDT WED JUN 1 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       WESTERN CONNECTICUT

       WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS

       NORTHERN AND WESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE

       CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW YORK

       NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA

       VERMONT



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1005 AM UNTIL

500 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 95

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

WILLIAMSPORT PENNSYLVANIA TO 20 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF NEWPORT

VERMONT.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY ALONG A COLD

FRONT SWEEPING ACROSS NY/PA.  THESE STORMS WILL TRACK EASTWARD

ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.  STRONG AND

INCREASING LOW/MID LEVEL WIND FIELDS AND MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL

POSE A RISK OF LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL IN THE STRONGER

CELLS.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 27035.





...HART

