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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 333
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
145 PM EDT Mon May 27 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  New Jersey
  Central and Eastern New York
  Eastern Pennsylvania
  Lake Ontario
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 145 PM until
  900 PM EDT.

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

SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms are expected to gradually
intensify this afternoon within a destabilizing environment ahead of
a fast-moving upper-level system over the Northeast.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80
statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles northeast of
Watertown NY to 30 miles west southwest of Philadelphia PA. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

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...CONTINUE...WW 332...

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
22030.

...Guyer