SPC Tornado Watch 376
SPC Tornado Watch 376
[html]WW 376 TORNADO NY PA LE LO 161845Z - 170300Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 376
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
245 PM EDT Thu Jun 16 2022
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
New York
Pennsylvania
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 245 PM until
1100 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
A couple tornadoes possible
Widespread damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY...Severe thunderstorms will steadily develop across the
region, including near a cold front and over the mountains and
front-preceding boundary. Strong deep-layer winds and ample
moisture/instability will support the possibility of supercells
capable of large hail and possibly a few tornadoes. Damaging wind
potential will also be appreciable and is likely to increase
regionally by the late afternoon hours as storms spread
east-southeastward.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 90 statute miles
east and west of a line from 50 miles north northwest of Watertown
NY to 40 miles south southeast of Altoona PA. For a co*plete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for
tornadoes and 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.
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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...c*NTINUE...WW 375...
AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean
storm motion vector 29030.
...Guyer
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Source: SPC Tornado Watch 376 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0376.html)