Tornado Watch 525

Issued

Jul 26, 2012, 2:10 PM EDT (18:10 UTC)

Expired

Jul 26, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

2 in

Strongest gust expected

70 kt

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

80%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

50%

Ten or more severe hail reports

40%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

30%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

90%

• Mesoscale Discussion 1600Jul 26, 12:26 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1603Jul 26, 1:50 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1608Jul 26, 3:37 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1613Jul 26, 6:04 PM EDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 1616Jul 26, 7:28 PM EDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 261809
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SPC WW 261809
CTZ000-MAZ000-NYZ000-PAZ000-VTZ000-270100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 525
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
210 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

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

       WESTERN CONNECTICUT
       WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
       CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW YORK
       NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
       SOUTHERN VERMONT

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 210 PM UNTIL
900 PM EDT.

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

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
ELMIRA NEW YORK TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF PITTSFIELD
MASSACHUSETTS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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 524...

DISCUSSION...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON.  ONE CLUSTER OF ONGOING STORMS OVER
WESTERN NY/PA WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EASTWARD WITH A THREAT OF DAMAGING
WINDS AND HAIL.  OTHER MORE DISCRETE STORMS MAY FORM ON/NORTH OF
RETREATING WARM FRONT.  THESE STORMS WILL POTENTIALLY BECOME
SUPERCELLULAR WITH A RISK OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 24035.


...HART

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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.