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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 545

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

310 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CONNECTICUT

       MASSACHUSETTS

       NEW YORK

       RHODE ISLAND

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 310 PM UNTIL

1000 PM EDT.



HAIL TO 2 INCHES 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 NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF

BRIDGEPORT CONNECTICUT TO 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF NEW BEDFORD

MASSACHUSETTS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 542...WW 543...WW 544...



DISCUSSION...SEVERE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EWD ACROSS EXTREME SERN

NY.  ACTIVITY IS MOVING INTO MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS WITH

MLCAPE TO 1000 J/KG IN AREA OF FAVORABLE SHEAR.



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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...MCCARTHY

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