WATCHES: Tornado Watch Number 936

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 936
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
255 PM EST SAT NOV 15 2008

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

PARTS OF WESTERN CONNECTICUT
SMALL PART OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
PARTS OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY
PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
PARTS OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 255 PM UNTIL
900 PM EST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
ALLENTOWN PENNSYLVANIA TO 45 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF PITTSFIELD
MASSACHUSETTS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND 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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 934...WW 935...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING IN INTENSITY ALONG/AHEAD
OF COLD FRONT AND DEEPENING SURFACE LOW OVER ERN PA. WITH STRONG
SHEAR AND SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY STORMS EXPECTED TO BECOME LOCALLY
SEVERE REMAINDER OF AFTERNOON AS THEY TRACK NEWD IN A VERY STRONG
SHEAR PROFILE ENVIRONMENT. LOW TOPPED SUPERCELLS ARE POSSIBLE
ACCOMPANIED BY POSSIBLE TORNADOES GIVEN THE STRONG SHEAR.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.

...HALES

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