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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 229

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 229

[html]WW 229 SEVERE TSTM CT NJ NY PA CW 161735Z - 170000Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 229
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
135 PM EDT Mon May 16 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Western Connecticut
  New Jersey
  Southeast New York
  Eastern Pennsylvania
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 135 PM until
  800 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Initial thunderstorm cluster should spread east-northeast
from eastern Pennsylvania into the tri-state area of New Jersey, New
York, and Connecticut later this afternoon.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles west northwest
of Bridgeport CT to 10 miles southeast of Philadelphia PA. For a
co*plete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

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...c*NTINUE...WW 225...WW 226...WW
227...WW 228...

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
23030.

...Grams


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 229 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0229.html)