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Tornado Watch 272
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WW0272 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood High Moderate
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   0-070000-
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 272
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1110 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CONNECTICUT
          MASSACHUSETTS
          SOUTHERN MAINE
          SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE
          MUCH OF NEW JERSEY
          EASTERN NEW YORK
          EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
          RHODE ISLAND
          SOUTHERN VERMONT
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1110 AM UNTIL 800
   PM EDT.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 80 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 10 MILES NORTH OF CONCORD NEW
   HAMPSHIRE TO 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HARRISBURG PENNSYLVANIA.  FOR
   A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
   
   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.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 271...
   
   DISCUSSION...POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR...TORNADOES...ONE OR TWO WHICH
   COULD BE STRONG...TO OCCUR DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...
   ESPECIALLY FROM ERN NY NEWD INTO MA AND SRN NH/VT AS AN UPPER
   IMPULSE...SURFACE LOW AND WARM FRONT SPREAD QUICKLY NEWD ACROSS THE
   REGION. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG EWD MOVING
   COLD FRONT AND MOVE EWD ACROSS THE SRN HALF OF THE WATCH THROUGH THE
   AFTERNOON HOURS. STRONG SHEAR AND INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT
   SUPERCELLS WITH WIND DAMAGE AND A FEW TORNADOES.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26045.
   
   
   ...IMY
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