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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 525

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

210 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       WESTERN CONNECTICUT

       WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS

       CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW YORK

       NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

       SOUTHERN VERMONT



EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 210 PM UNTIL

900 PM EDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF

ELMIRA NEW YORK TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF PITTSFIELD

MASSACHUSETTS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

TORNADOES AND 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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 524...



DISCUSSION...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS

THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON.  ONE CLUSTER OF ONGOING STORMS OVER

WESTERN NY/PA WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EASTWARD WITH A THREAT OF DAMAGING

WINDS AND HAIL.  OTHER MORE DISCRETE STORMS MAY FORM ON/NORTH OF

RETREATING WARM FRONT.  THESE STORMS WILL POTENTIALLY BECOME

SUPERCELLULAR WITH A RISK OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND

ISOLATED TORNADOES.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.





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