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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 755

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

420 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHERN AND WESTERN NEW JERSEY

       CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW YORK

       EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 420 PM UNTIL

900 PM EDT.



HAIL TO 1.5 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 60

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF

UTICA NEW YORK TO 25 MILES WEST OF WILMINGTON DELAWARE.  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 753...WW 754...



DISCUSSION...ISOLATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN

ALONG WEAK FRONT MOVING ACROSS PA/NY.  A NARROW CORRIDOR OF HEATING

AHEAD OF THE STORMS...COUPLED WITH RELATIVELY STRONG WINDS

ALOFT...MAY BE SUFFICIENT FOR SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL

OCCURRENCES THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.



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 450. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 27025.





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