Tornado Watch 559

Issued

Jul 3, 1997, 11:15 AM EDT (15:15 UTC)

Expired

Jul 3, 1997, 5:00 PM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

500 
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 559
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1036 AM EDT THU JUL 3 1997

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

   CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW YORK                           
   EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO                       

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1115 AM UNTIL
500 PM EDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 3/4 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 85 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST OF SYRACUSE NEW YORK TO 20 MILES
EAST SOUTHEAST OF GLENS FALLS NEW YORK.

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.


DISCUSSION...STORMS INTENSIFYING AHEAD OF COLD FRONT CENTRAL NY. 
FAVORABLE SHEAR PROFILES IN PLACE FOR SUPERCELLS AND TORNADOS AHEAD
OF STORMS INTO EASTERN NY.  WITH AIRMASS BECOMING STRONGLY
UNSTABLE...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND SUPERCELLS WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY
EASTWARD ACROSS NY NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 3/4 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 75 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500.  MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26040.


...HALES

441,0763 441,0731 420,0731 420,0763

Tornado Watches in New York, 1997Every tornado watch in 1997

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.