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WWUS20 KWNS 271509

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SPC WW 271509

NYZ000-PAZ000-LEZ000-LOZ000-272200-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 395

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1110 AM EDT Tue Jul 27 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Western and Central New York

  Northeast Pennsylvania

  Lake Erie

  Lake Ontario



* Effective this Tuesday morning and evening from 1110 AM until

  600 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A fast-moving line of thunderstorms over Ontario will

track eastward into western New York and intensify through the early

afternoon.  Damaging winds will be possible along the leading edge

of these storms.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65

statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles west of

Buffalo NY to 40 miles south southeast of Utica NY. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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.



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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

28040.



...Hart

