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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 395

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

445 PM EDT SUN JUL 7 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EXTREME NORTHEAST MARYLAND

  NORTHERN NEW JERSEY

  SOUTHEAST NEW YORK

  EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 445 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTHWEST

OF WILKESBARRE PENNSYLVANIA TO 20 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF

POUGHKEEPSIE NEW YORK.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE

THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 394...



DISCUSSION...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL PA HAS BEEN

PRODUCING LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS FOR PAST SEVERAL HOURS.  THESE

STORMS WILL TRAVERSE THE WATCH AREA THROUGH MID EVENING...WITH A

CONTINUED RISK OF STRONG WIND GUSTS ALONG THE LEADING EDGE.  SEVERE

THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.

A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION

VECTOR 24035.





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