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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 570
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Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Low

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   SEL0
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 570
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1100 AM EDT SAT JUL 11 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND UPSTATE NEW YORK
          LAKE ONTARIO
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1100 AM UNTIL
   600 PM EDT.
   
   HAIL TO 1.5 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 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF
   SARANAC LAKE NEW YORK TO 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF ELMIRA NEW
   YORK.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED
   WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
   
   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...A BROKEN BAND OF PRE-FRONTAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL
   PROGRESS EWD FROM WRN INTO CENTRAL NY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.  A
   RELATIVELY NARROW CORRIDOR OF WEAK-MODERATE INSTABILITY IS
   DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THIS CONVECTION...AND LOW-MID LEVEL FLOW WILL
   GRADUALLY INCREASE WITH THE APPROACH OF A SHORTWAVE TROUGH FROM THE
   UPPER GREAT LAKES.  THE COMBINATION OF INSTABILITY AND VERTICAL
   SHEAR APPEARS SUFFICIENT FOR A FEW STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND
   MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 26030.
   
   
   ...THOMPSON
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