TORNADO WATCH NYC METRO, POCONOS, NW NJ, LEHIGH VALLEY
Posted: (November 15, 2008 03:37 pm)

The Storms Prediction Center has added another TORNADO WATCH to the east coast. They have added this watch from Central New Jersey and Lehigh Valley North to New York City Metro, Poconos and NW New NJ.  This watch extends into the Lower Hudson Valley including the Capitial District.

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 936
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   255 PM EST SAT NOV 15 2008
  
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
  
          PARTS OF WESTERN CONNECTICUT
          SMALL PART OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
          PARTS OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY
          PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
          PARTS OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
  
   EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 255 PM UNTIL
   900 PM EST.
  
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
   TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
  
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
   ALLENTOWN PENNSYLVANIA TO 45 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF PITTSFIELD
   MASSACHUSETTS.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
  
   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 934...WW 935...