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THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9:00PM EDT Sel3 Spc Ww 211744 Urgent - Immediate Broadcast RequestedSevere Thunderstorm Watch Number 203Nws Storm Prediction Center Norman OK140 PM EDT Tue May 21 2013

The Nws Storm Prediction Center Has Issued A

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch For Portions Of Northwest Connecticut Western Massachusetts New York Southern Vermont Lake Erie Lake Ontario

* Effective This Tuesday Afternoon And Evening From 140 PM Until 900 PM EDT.

* Primary Threats Include... Several Large Hail Events With A Few Very Large Hail Events To 2 Inches In Diameter Possible Several Damaging Wind Gusts To 70 Mph Possible

The Severe Thunderstorm Watch Area Is Approximately Along And 55Statute Miles North And South Of A Line From 10 Miles WestNorthwest Of Buffalo New York To 30 Miles South Southeast OfPittsfield Massachusetts. For A Complete Depiction Of The WatchSee The Associated Watch Outline Update (wous64 Kwns Wou3).

Precautionary/Preparedness Actions...

Remember...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch Means Conditions AreFavorable For Severe Thunderstorms In And Close To The WatchArea. Persons In These Areas Should Be On The Lookout ForThreatening Weather Conditions And Listen For Later StatementsAnd Possible Warnings. Severe Thunderstorms Can And OccasionallyDo Produce Tornadoes.

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Other Watch Information...Continue...Ww 201...Ww 202...

Discussion...Scattered Vigorous Storm Development Is UnderwayNear/South Of A Frontal Zone Extending Across The Lower Great LakesRegion Into New England. In The Presence Of Thermodynamic ProfilesCharacterized By Fairly Steep Mid-Level Lapse Rates And LargeCape...Shear Beneath 30 Kt West Northwesterly Mid-Level Flow MaySupport Organized Storm Development...Perhaps At Least BriefSupercell Structures. With Time...Consolidation Of Cold PoolsGenerated By Activity May Occur...Resulting In One Or More EastSoutheastward Progressing Small Storm Clusters With The Risk ForPotentially Damaging Wind Gusts...In Addition To Severe Hail.

Aviation...A Few Severe Thunderstorms With Hail Surface And AloftTo 2 Inches. Extreme Turbulence And Surface Wind Gusts To 60Knots. A Few Cumulonimbi With Maximum Tops To 500. Mean StormMotion Vector 29025.