Severe Thunderstorm Watch 22

Issued

Mar 9, 2002, 11:30 PM EST (04:30 UTC)

Expired

Mar 10, 2002, 3:00 AM EST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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WWUS20 KWNS 100415
SEL2  
SPC WW 100406
NJZ000-NYZ000-PAZ000-VTZ000-CWZ000-100800-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 22
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1106 PM EST SAT MAR 9 2002

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

   NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY                         
   EASTERN NEW YORK                           
   EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA                       
   WESTERN VERMONT                            
   COASTAL WATERS                     

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1130 PM UNTIL
300 AM EST.

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

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA TO 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF PLATTSBURG
NEW YORK.

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...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 21.  WATCH NUMBER 21 WILL NOT BE
IN EFFECT AFTER 1130 PM EST.

DISCUSSION...LINE OF CONVECTION MOVING THROUGH WRN NY/CENTRAL PA
REMAINS SEVERE AS IT MOVES ENEWD AT 50 KT. INTENSE UPPER LEVEL
SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS ACCELERATING NEWD WITH STRONG MID/HIGH LEVEL
SUBSIDENCE AIDING IN 60-80 MPH WINDS WITHIN LINE OF CONVECTION.
ISOLATED SEVERE HAIL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS ERN PA/SERN NY/ NJ WHERE
INSTABILITY IS SLIGHTLY STRONGER.
 
AVIATION...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 350.  MEAN STORM MOTION
VECTOR 25045.

...IMY

450,0722 394,0741 394,0762 450,0745

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New York, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New Jersey, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Pennsylvania, 2002Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2002

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.