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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 172

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1240 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHERN NEW JERSEY

  EASTERN NEW YORK

  EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1240 PM

  UNTIL 800 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF

GLENS FALLS NEW YORK TO 35 MILES WEST OF PHILADELPHIA

PENNSYLVANIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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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DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY

OVER EASTERN NY AND EASTERN PA THIS AFTERNOON...SPREADING EASTWARD

ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH EARLY EVENING.  STRONG WINDS ALOFT AND

DAYTIME HEATING/DESTABILIZATION WILL LEAD TO A FEW SEVERE STORMS

CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.



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 450. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 27030.





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