WATCHES: Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 530

WWUS20 KWNS 242015
SEL0
SPC WW 242015
NYZ000-PAZ000-LEZ000-LOZ000-250300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 530
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
415 PM EDT SAT JUL 24 2010

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

LARGE PART OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK
PARTS OF NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA
LAKE ERIE
LAKE ONTARIO

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 415 PM UNTIL
1100 PM EDT.

HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN NEW YORK TO 50 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF
UTICA NEW YORK. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

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...CONTINUE...WW 529...

DISCUSSION...STORMS ARE INCREASING ACROSS ERN LE IN RESPONSE TO
APPROACH OF MID LEVEL TROUGH AND STRONGER MID LEVEL WIND MAX. WITH
THE AIR MASS NOW MDTLY UNSTABLE WITH MLCAPES AOA 2500 J/KG AND 40 KT
OF MID LEVEL FLOW...DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE LIKELY AS STORMS EVOLVE
INTO LINE SEGMENTS/SHORT BOWS. ISOLATED SUPERCELLS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE ENHANCING WIND THREAT AND POTENTIAL FOR A BRIEF TORNADO.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.
A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION
VECTOR 26035.

...HALES

+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-
To unsubscribe from WX-STORM send e-mail to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU with
"unsub wx-storm" in the body of your message. For more information write cnovy@cox.net.