Tornado Watch 391

Issued

Jun 5, 2002, 5:15 PM EDT (21:15 UTC)

Expired

Jun 5, 2002, 10:00 PM EDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS20 KWNS 052100
SEL1  
SPC WW 052054
CTZ000-MAZ000-NYZ000-VTZ000-LOZ000-060200-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 391
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
454 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2002

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

EXTREME NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT                        
EXTREME WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS                      
CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW YORK                           
EXTREME SOUTHERN VERMONT                            
ADJACENT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN LAKE ONTARIO                       

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 515 PM UNTIL
1000 PM EDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 130 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BINGHAMTON NEW YORK TO 10
MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF UTICA 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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...  CONTINUE...WW 387...WW 388...WW 390...

DISCUSSION...CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE/
INTENSITY THE NEXT FEW HOURS FROM WEST TO EAST.  THE COMBINATION OF
MODERATE-STRONG INSTABILITY AND 0-6 KM SHEAR OF 40-45 KT WILL
SUPPORT SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS.  THE THREAT FOR A TORNADO OR TWO WILL BE GREATEST WHERE LOW-
LEVEL SHEAR IS STRONGEST...NAMELY THE HUDSON VALLEY AREA.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27030.


...THOMPSON

431,0725 415,0731 415,0781 431,0780

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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.