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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 437

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

325 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Central and Eastern New York

  Northeast Pennsylvania



* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 325 PM until

  1100 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...Thunderstorms continue to form and intensify across the

watch area, in a hot and humid environment.  Storms will persist

through the early evening, with a risk of hail and damaging winds in

the strongest cells.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80

statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles west southwest

of Elmira NY to 25 miles east northeast of Albany NY. 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 436...



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

26025.



...Hart

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