Severe Thunderstorm Watch 539

Issued

Jul 10, 2001, 3:00 PM EDT (19:00 UTC)

Expired

Jul 10, 2001, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Albany radar (KENX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS9 KMKC 101856
SEL9  

SEL9  
MKC WW 101849
CTZ000-MAZ000-NHZ000-NJZ000-NYZ000-PAZ000-RIZ000-VTZ000-110000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 539
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
249 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2001

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

   CONNECTICUT                        
   MASSACHUSETTS                      
   SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE                      
   NORTHERN NEW JERSEY                         
   SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK                           
   NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA                       
   RHODE ISLAND                       
   SOUTHERN VERMONT                            

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL 800
PM EDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 95 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
POUGHKEEPSIE NEW YORK TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORD NEW
HAMPSHIRE.

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 537...WW 538...

DISCUSSION...PRESSURE FALL AXIS HAS EXTENDED SOUTHWARD INTO SERN NY
AND SRN NEW ENGLAND AND SURFACE TEMPERATURES HAVE REACHED UPPER 80S
ENHANCING INSTABILITY.  ACTIVITY DEVELOPING SWD INTO SERN NY IS
LIKELY TO CONTINUE INCREASING AND INTENSIFYING WITH A RISK OF
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 27035.


...JOHNS

404,0760 432,0734 432,0695 404,0723

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.