WWUS20 KWNS 121852 SEL1 SPC WW 121852 NYZ000-PAZ000-LEZ000-LOZ000-130200- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 291 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 255 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEW YORK NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA LAKE ERIE LAKE ONTARIO * EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 255 PM UNTIL 1000 PM EDT. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS WITH A RISK FOR LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL EXPECTED TO MOVE / DEVELOP GENERALLY WEST TO EAST ACROSS WATCH AREA THOUGH EARLY TONIGHT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF BRADFORD PENNSYLVANIA TO 55 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF ROCHESTER NEW YORK. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1). 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 290... 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 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27035. ...CORFIDI