WWUS20 KWNS 121642 SEL0 SPC WW 121642 NYZ000-PAZ000-VTZ000-122300- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 460 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1245 PM EDT Tue Jul 12 2022 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Central and northeast New York Northeast Pennsylvania Central and northern Vermont * Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 1245 PM until 700 PM EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Scattered severe thunderstorms are expected to form and move eastward, along and immediately east of a cold front. The storm environment will favor a mix of small clusters and some supercells capable of producing damaging outflow gusts and isolated large hail near 1 inch in diameter. An isolated tornado or two cannot be ruled out. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55 statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles north northwest of Burlington VT to 40 miles south southeast of Binghamton NY. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0). 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. && AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 27035. ...Thompson