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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 446

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

900 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW YORK

       LAKE ONTARIO



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 900 PM

UNTIL 100 AM EDT.



HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

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



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES EAST

NORTHEAST OF GLENS FALLS NEW YORK TO 65 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF

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

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 440...WW 441...WW

442...WW 443...WW 444...WW 445...



DISCUSSION...ANOTHER FAST-MOVING MCS WILL MOVE ACROSS LAKE ONTARIO

AND INTO NY THIS EVENING.  THESE STORMS WILL FOCUS ALONG THE OUTFLOW

BOUNDARY LEFT BY EARLIER CONVECTION...WITH A RISK OF LOCALLY

DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL THROUGH MIDNIGHT.



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

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

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

MOTION VECTOR 29040.





...HART

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