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Post by Storm Precdiction Center Olney on Aug 10, 2008 14:12:52 GMT -5
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 817 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER OLNEY MD 1040 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN CONNECTICUT NORTHERN DELAWARE FAR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS NEW JERSEY EASTERN NEW YORK EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA FAR SOUTHERN VERMONT COASTAL WATERS EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1040 AM UNTIL 700 PM EDT. HAIL TO 2 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 50 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA TO 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF GLENS FALLS NEW YORK. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7). 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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