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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 533
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Low

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   SEL3
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 533
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1140 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          WESTERN CONNECTICUT
          WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
          NORTHERN NEW JERSEY
          EASTERN NEW YORK
          NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
          WESTERN AND SOUTHERN VERMONT
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1140 AM UNTIL 700
   PM EDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF
   BURLINGTON VERMONT TO 15 MILES EAST OF ALLENTOWN PENNSYLVANIA. 
   FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
   
   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.
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY ACROSS PARTS OF
   EASTERN NY AND NORTHEAST PA...SPREADING INTO WESTERN NEW ENGLAND
   THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.  SLOW CLEARING OF CLOUDS WILL HELP TO
   DESTABILIZE THE AIRMASS...WITH COOL TEMPERATURES ALOFT AND DEWPOINTS
   NEAR 60F YIELDING SUFFICIENT CAPE VALUES FOR WIDELY SCATTERED
   STRONG/SEVERE STORMS.  LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY TO BE THE MAIN THREAT.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 25025.
   
   
   ...HART
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