Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Issued Until Midnight for Parts of Our Area!

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 464
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   420 PM EDT Tue Aug 22 2017

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
     Western New Jersey
     Southeast New York
     Central and eastern Pennsylvania

   * Effective this Tuesday afternoon from 420 PM until Midnight
     EDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

   SUMMARY...Multiple thunderstorm lines should move east from western
   New York and Pennsylvania through this evening. Scattered damaging
   winds are the primary hazard.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70
   statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles east of
   Hagerstown MD to 40 miles north of Poughkeepsie NY. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

   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 461...WW 462...WW 463...

   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 450. Mean storm motion vector
   26030.

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