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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 426

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

505 PM EDT Thu Jul 20 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Northern and Central New Jersey

  Southeast New York

  Eastern Pennsylvania

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 505 PM until

  1000 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 long-lived cluster of severe thunderstorms will track

southeastward across the watch area this afternoon, posing a threat

of locally damaging wind gusts and perhaps hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles west northwest

of Bridgeport CT to 35 miles west southwest of Trenton NJ. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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 424...WW 425...



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

30030.



...Hart

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