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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 936

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

255 PM EST SAT NOV 15 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       PARTS OF WESTERN CONNECTICUT

       SMALL PART OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS

       PARTS OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY

       PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEW YORK

       PARTS OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA



EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 255 PM UNTIL

900 PM EST.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS

TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

ALLENTOWN PENNSYLVANIA TO 45 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF PITTSFIELD

MASSACHUSETTS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 934...WW 935...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING IN INTENSITY ALONG/AHEAD

OF COLD FRONT AND DEEPENING SURFACE LOW OVER ERN PA.  WITH STRONG

SHEAR AND SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY STORMS EXPECTED TO BECOME LOCALLY

SEVERE REMAINDER OF AFTERNOON AS THEY TRACK NEWD IN A VERY STRONG

SHEAR PROFILE ENVIRONMENT.  LOW TOPPED SUPERCELLS ARE POSSIBLE

ACCOMPANIED BY POSSIBLE TORNADOES GIVEN THE STRONG SHEAR.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 450.

MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.





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