WW 505 SEVERE TSTM MA NY PA VT LE LO 281605Z – 290000Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 505 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1205 PM EDT Thu Jul 28 2022 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Western Massachusetts Central and Eastern New York Northeast Pennsylvania Vermont Lake Erie Lake Ontario * Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 1205 PM until 800 PM EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph likely Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Severe thunderstorms are expected to develop and increase through the afternoon, initially across central into eastern New York and possibly northeast Pennsylvania, before reaching western New England by late afternoon/early evening. Damaging winds are expected to be the primary hazard regionally. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 90 statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles northwest of Ithaca NY to 5 miles north of Lebanon NH. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5). 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. && 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 27030. ...Guyer
