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.

SPC issues discussion about potential for severe weather heading into western New Jersey