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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 626
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WW0626 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
High Moderate
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Moderate Moderate

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   SEL6
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 626
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   350 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CONNECTICUT
          MASSACHUSETTS
          SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE
          NORTHERN NEW JERSEY
          SOUTHERN NEW YORK
          EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
          RHODE ISLAND
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 350 PM UNTIL
   1100 PM EDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST OF
   WILMINGTON DELAWARE TO 35 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF WORCESTER
   MASSACHUSETTS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
   
   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 625...
   
   DISCUSSION...AS UPPER IMPULSE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST...CONVECTION
   IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND INTENSIFY ACROSS THE WATCH
   AREA. DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL BE SUFFICIENTLY STRONG FOR SUPERCELLS
   WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS. AS COLD
   FRONT MOVES IN FROM THE WEST THIS EVENING...STORMS MAY DEVELOP INTO
   LINE SEGMENTS/BOWS...WHICH WOULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND
   DAMAGE.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 25030.
   
   
   ...IMY
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