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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 559
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 559
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   135 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2006
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT
          WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
          WESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE
          EASTERN NEW YORK
          VERMONT
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 135 PM UNTIL
   900 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 70
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES EAST OF
   POUGHKEEPSIE NEW YORK TO 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF NEWPORT
   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...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO INCREASE EARLY THIS
   AFTERNOON WITHIN PLUME OF TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM FAR SERN NY ACROSS
   NEW ENGLAND.  ENVIRONMENT IS MODERATELY UNSTABLE AND STRONGLY
   SHEARED ACROSS THIS REGION...SUGGESTING STRONGER STORMS MAY ORGANIZE
   INTO SUPERCELLS.  VERY HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED DAMAGING
   WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THIS ACTIVITY.  ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
   EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO ERN/CENTRAL NY FROM THE WEST LATER THIS
   AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING AHEAD OF STRONG UPPER LOW. 
   DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS ACTIVITY AS
   IT SPREADS INTO WRN NEW ENGLAND THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.
   
   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 400. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 25015.
   
   
   ...EVANS
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