SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 383

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 383
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   100 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2016

   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

   * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
     EXTREME NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT
     EXTREME WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
     EXTREME NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY
     EASTERN NEW YORK
     NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
     VERMONT

   * EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 100 PM UNTIL
     700 PM EDT.

   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
     ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

   SUMMARY...SCATTERED STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
   DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD EASTWARD WITH AN ATTENDANT
   RISK FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL THROUGH LATE
   AFTERNOON.

   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST
   NORTHWEST OF NEWPORT VERMONT TO 35 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF
   WILKESBARRE PENNSYLVANIA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH
   SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

   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.

   &&

   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 382...

   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.
   A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION
   VECTOR 27030.


   ...THOMPSON