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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 385

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1250 PM EDT Sun Jul 19 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Western New York

  Lake Erie

  Lake Ontario



* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 1250 PM until

  700 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A line of thunderstorms over Ontario will track into

western New York this afternoon, posing a risk of locally damaging

wind gusts.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles east and west of a line from 15 miles southeast of

Jamestown NY to 20 miles north of Watertown NY. 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 384...



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

27035.



...Hart

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