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Tornado Watch 813
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WW0813 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Moderate Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Low Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Very Low Very Low

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   SEL3
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 813
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   440 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT
          EXTREME NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY
          EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND LONG ISLAND
          SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING FROM 440 AM UNTIL 1100 AM EDT.
   
   TORNADOES...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS
   LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40 STATUTE
   MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW YORK
   CITY NEW YORK TO 25 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF BLOCK ISLAND RHODE
   ISLAND.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED
   WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
   
   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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
   WATCH NUMBER 812. WATCH NUMBER 812 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
   440 AM EDT. 
   
   DISCUSSION...MRGL TORNADO POTENTIAL IS FCST TO SHIFT NEWD ACROSS WW
   AREA IN STEP WITH TRANSLATION OF FAVORABLE SECTOR OF HURRICANE
   IRENE...ASSOCIATED WITH CELLS EMBEDDED IN MIDDLE-OUTER CONVECTIVE
   BANDS AND MOVING NWWD/ONSHORE.  AMIDST WIDESPREAD FAVORABLE
   LOW-LEVEL HODOGRAPHS...AIR MASS WILL STABILIZE SUBSTANTIALLY WITH
   INLAND EXTENT...REDUCING TORNADO THREAT WITH DISTANCE AWAY FROM
   COAST AS PER SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2073.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXTREME
   TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI
   WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 13045.
   
   
   ...EDWARDS
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