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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 499

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1005 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       WESTERN CONNECTICUT

       WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS

       CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW YORK

       NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

       VERMONT

       LAKE ONTARIO



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1005 AM UNTIL 600

PM EDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

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

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 105 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF SARANAC LAKE

NEW YORK TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTICELLO NEW YORK.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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.



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY OVER CENTRAL

NY THIS MORNING AS AIRMASS AHEAD OF ACTIVITY DESTABILIZES.

SUPERCELLS AND BOWS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ARE LIKELY.

ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH MORE ORGANIZED

SUPERCELLS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL

SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE

WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.





...HART

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