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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 102

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

300 AM EST WED MAR 5 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT

       CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY

       FAR SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK

       FAR EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 300 AM UNTIL 600 AM EST.



HAIL TO 0.5 INCH 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 50

STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF

NEWARK NEW JERSEY TO 40 MILES EAST OF LAKEHURST NEW JERSEY.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 99...WW 101...



DISCUSSION...S JERSEY SQLN WILL CONTINUE RAPIDLY ENEWD...WHILE CELLS

WITHIN LINE SWEEP RAPIDLY NNE. AREA VWP AND SFC DATA SUGGEST

POTENTIAL FOR VERY STRONG LWR TROPOSPHERIC WINDS TO REACH THE SFC AS

AIR MASS RECOVERS S OF N-MOVING WARM FRONT.



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

TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 300. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 21050.





...CORFIDI

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