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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 449
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
430 PM EDT Sun Jun 23 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Western Connecticut
  Western New Jersey
  Southeast New York
  East Central Ohio
  Pennsylvania
  Northern Panhandle of West Virginia

* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 430 PM until
  1000 PM EDT.

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

SUMMARY...Widely scattered strong to severe thunderstorms will
affect the watch area through the afternoon and evening.  The
strongest cells will occasionally pose a risk of damaging wind
gusts.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles south
southwest of Akron OH to 25 miles east of Poughkeepsie NY. For a
complete 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.

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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 448...

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 500. Mean storm motion vector
27030.

...Hart