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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 701

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

505 PM EDT FRI JUL 29 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHERN NEW JERSEY

       FAR SOUTHEAST NEW YORK

       FAR NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA



EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 505 PM UNTIL

1100 PM EDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 25 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF

WILKESBARRE PENNSYLVANIA TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

POUGHKEEPSIE NEW YORK.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE

THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

TORNADOES AND 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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 699...WW 700...



DISCUSSION...A NARROW CORRIDOR OF ENHANCED TORNADO POTENTIAL HAS

DEVELOPED ALONG WARM FRONT RETREATING NWD.  ONGOING SUPERCELLS WILL

BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A COUPLE OF TORNADOES AS THEY INTERACT WITH

THE WARM FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 29030.





...MEAD

