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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 445

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

615 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT

  WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW YORK

  NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

  SOUTHERN VERMONT



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 615 PM

  UNTIL 100 AM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE SHIFTING ACROSS

PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST U.S. THROUGH MUCH IF NOT ALL OF THIS

EVENING.  SEVERAL OF THE STRONGER STORMS/STORM CLUSTERS WILL BE

CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...WITH A FEW SEVERE HAIL EVENTS

ALSO EXPECTED.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65

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

SOUTHWEST OF ELMIRA NEW YORK TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF PITTSFIELD

MASSACHUSETTS.  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.



&&



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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 24035.





...GOSS

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