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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 591
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 591
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1215 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 2006
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CONNECTICUT
          MASSACHUSETTS
          SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE
          NORTHERN NEW JERSEY
          SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK
          FAR EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
          RHODE ISLAND
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1215 PM UNTIL
   800 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 85
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF
   BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS TO 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF NEWARK NEW
   JERSEY.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED
   WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
   
   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...TSTMS/POSSIBLE SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE
   NEXT FEW HOURS ALONG LOW LEVEL CONFLUENCE ZONE EXTENDING FROM NE
   PA/NRN NJ NEWD INTO MA/SRN NH...WHERE DEEP SHEAR WILL BE ENHANCED ON
   SRN FRINGE OF VT UPR VORT.  EXPECTED CLUSTERS OF STORMS WITH
   EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS COULD YIELD HIGH WIND/HAIL AND POSSIBLY A
   TORNADO GIVEN VERY MOIST SSWLY LOW LEVEL FLOW.
   
   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 29025.
   
   
   ...CORFIDI
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