SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 226
SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 226
[html]WW 226 SEVERE TSTM NY PA LO 161525Z - 162000Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 226
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1125 AM EDT Mon May 16 2022
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Western to central New York
Northeast Pennsylvania
Lake Ontario
* Effective this Monday morning and afternoon from 1125 AM until
400 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...Intensifying storms are expected into this afternoon as
activity spreads northeast from central Pennsylvania and western New
York, with a mix of damaging winds and hail anticipated.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles north northeast
of Syracuse NY to 10 miles south southeast of Wilkesbarre PA. For a
co*plete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
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.
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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...c*NTINUE...WW 225...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
24035.
...Grams
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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 226 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0226.html)