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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 684
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   SEL4
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 684
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   240 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CONNECTICUT
          MUCH OF MASSACHUSETTS
          NORTHERN NEW JERSEY
          SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
          PARTS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
          RHODE ISLAND
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 240 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM EDT.
   
   HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70
   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST
   NORTHWEST OF WILKESBARRE PENNSYLVANIA TO 15 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST
   OF NEW BEDFORD MASSACHUSETTS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE
   WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
   
   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 682...WW 683...
   
   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY
   REMAINDER OF AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.  MORE ORGANIZED
   THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY NCENTRAL PA/NY BORDER WITH OTHER
   STORMS FORMING EWD TO SERN NY ATTM.  WITH MLCAPES AOA 2000 J/KG AND
   30-35 KT OF SHEAR...DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH STRONGEST
   STORMS...PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT DEVELOP INTO LINE SEGMENTS/BOWS.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 28030.
   
   
   ...HALES
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