Severe Thunderstorm Watch Issues for western New Jersey
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1205 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2016
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CONNECTICUT
MASSACHUSETTS
NORTHERN NEW JERSEY
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTHERN VERMONT
COASTAL WATERS
* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1205 PM UNTIL
800 PM EDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INTENSIFYING OVER CENTRAL NY/PA. THESE
STORMS WILL TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS
AFTERNOON...POSING A THREAT OF LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 155
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF
GLENS FALLS NEW YORK TO 20 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF NEWARK NEW
JERSEY. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED
WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
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.
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