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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 509
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   SEL9
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 509
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1045 AM EDT MON JUN 19 2006
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW YORK
          NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
          MUCH OF VERMONT
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1045 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 95
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES SOUTH OF
   BINGHAMTON NEW YORK TO 35 MILES NORTH OF BURLINGTON VERMONT.  FOR
   A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
   OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
   
   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 WILL INCREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY
   FROM W TO E ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.  AIR MASS IS BECOMING STRONGLY
   UNSTABLE AND WITH APPROACH OF MID LEVEL S/WV TROUGH ACCOMPANIED BY
   40-50KT OF DEEP LAYER SHEAR...WIND DAMAGE IN PARTICULAR WILL BECOME
   INCREASINGLY LIKELY WITH LINE SEGMENTS/BOWS THAT DEVELOP.
   
   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 24035.
   
   
   ...HALES
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