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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 505

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 505

[html]WW 505 SEVERE TSTM MA NY PA VT LE LO 281605Z - 290000Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 505
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1205 PM EDT Thu Jul 28 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Western Massachusetts
  Central and Eastern New York
  Northeast Pennsylvania
  Vermont
  Lake Erie
  Lake Ontario

* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 1205 PM
  until 800 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph likely
  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Severe thunderstorms are expected to develop and increase
through the afternoon, initially across central into eastern New
York and possibly northeast Pennsylvania, before reaching western
New England by late afternoon/early evening. Damaging winds are
expected to be the primary hazard regionally.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 90
statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles northwest of
Ithaca NY to 5 miles north of Lebanon NH. For a co*plete depiction
of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU5).

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.

&&

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
27030.

...Guyer


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 505 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0505.html)