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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 743

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

340 AM EST WED NOV 17 2010



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT

       FAR NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY

       FAR SOUTHEAST NEW YORK

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 340 AM UNTIL 700 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 30

STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST

OF NEWARK NEW JERSEY TO 15 MILES EAST OF GROTON CONNECTICUT.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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 742...



DISCUSSION...QLCS WITH EMBEDDED BOWING STRUCTURES IS WILL CONTINUE

ACROSS WW AREA EARLY THIS MORNING AT 40-45 KT.  GIVEN THE VERY

STRONG AMBIENT WIND FIELD IN PLACE...POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR

CORRIDORS OF DAMAGING WINDS.



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 350. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 26045.





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