WATCHES: Tornado Watch Number 937

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 937
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
650 PM EST SAT NOV 15 2008

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

CONNECTICUT
MASSACHUSETTS
SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK
RHODE ISLAND
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 650 PM
UNTIL 200 AM EST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 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 60 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
WORCESTER MASSACHUSETTS TO 20 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF ISLIP NEW
YORK. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED
WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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...WW 936...

DISCUSSION...BROKEN BAND OF SHOWERS/OCCASIONAL TSTMS OVER THE LWR
HUDSON VLY SWD INTO NJ EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ENE INTO NEW ENG LATER
THIS EVE AS INDIVIDUAL CELLS MOVE RAPIDLY NNE ALONG IT. BOUNDARY
LAYER HAS SLIGHTLY WARMED/MOISTENED IN THE PAST 2 HRS ACROSS
WW...AND MAIN SFC LOW OVER UPSTATE NY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
DEEPENING /LIKELY MAINTAINING AXIS OF CONVERGENCE ALONG CONVECTIVE
BAND/. ALTHOUGH LOW LVL LAPSE RATES WILL REMAIN WEAK...COMBINATION
OF STRONG WIND FIELD WITH EXISTING UPDRAFTS SUGGESTS AN EWD SPREAD
OF ISOLD TORNADO THREAT FROM THE LWR HUDSON VLY/NRN NJ INTO
SRN/CNTRL NEW ENG.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
300. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22045.

...CORFIDI

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