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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 217

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

940 AM EDT Thu May 23 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Western and Central New York

  Northern Pennsylvania

  Lake Erie

  Lake Ontario



* Effective this Thursday morning and afternoon from 940 AM until

  200 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Widespread damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  Scattered large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...A fast-moving line of thunderstorms will sweep across the

watch area today, posing a risk of locally damaging wind gusts.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85

statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles north northeast

of Rochester NY to 20 miles east of Dubois PA. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



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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AVIATION...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 500. Mean storm motion vector

26045.



...Hart

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