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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 312

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

300 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK

  LAKE ONTARIO



* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL

  800 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH

SOUTHWEST OF ITHACA NEW YORK TO 40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

WATERTOWN NEW YORK.  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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 311...



DISCUSSION...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING

SUPERCELLS...WILL SPREAD EWD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON

INTO EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF SEVERE HAIL AND

DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.



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 27030.





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