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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 573
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
100 AM EST MON NOV 18 2013

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY
  EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA

* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 100 AM UNTIL 500 AM EST.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  A FEW DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF
ALLENTOWN PENNSYLVANIA TO 70 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF ALLENTOWN
PENNSYLVANIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 569...WW 571...WW 572...

DISCUSSION...LOW-TOPPED LINE OF CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EWD
ACROSS PA IN AN ENVIRONMENT WITH MINIMAL INSTABILITY AND STRONG
VERTICAL SHEAR.  ISOLATED DAMAGING GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 300. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 27045.


...THOMPSON