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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 358 
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 
150 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2003

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

       CENTRAL NEW YORK
       CENTRAL AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
       LAKE ONTARIO

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 150 PM UNTIL 700
PM EDT.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE 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 ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARRISBURG PENNSYLVANIA TO 15
MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF WATERTOWN 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 357...


DISCUSSION...SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE INCREASING OVER CENTRAL PA AND
WESTERN NY AHEAD OF SURFACE COLD FRONT.  RAPID INTENSIFICATION IS
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF FAST MOVING
SUPERCELL STORMS AND BOW ECHOES.  VERY FAVORABLE SHEAR PARAMETERS
AND DYNAMIC FORCING SUGGEST AN ENHANCED POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES AND
VERY DAMAGING WINDS.

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 25040.


...HART

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