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WWUS20 KWNS 082231

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SPC WW 082231

CTZ000-MAZ000-NJZ000-NYZ000-PAZ000-VTZ000-CWZ000-090400-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 405

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

635 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WESTERN CONNECTICUT

  WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS

  NORTHERN NEW JERSEY

  EASTERN NEW YORK

  NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

  VERMONT

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT FROM 635 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH

NORTHWEST OF BURLINGTON VERMONT TO 10 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

NEWARK NEW JERSEY.  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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 403...WW 404...



DISCUSSION...BROKEN LINE OF STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NY/PA

WILL SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING.  HOT/HUMID

CONDITIONS COUPLED WITH FAVORABLE WINDS ALOFT WILL PROMOTE A RISK OF

DAMAGING WINDS AND SOME HAIL WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.



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

