As of 10:15 am only light showers were in Eastern NY State, but storms
are expected to form this afternoon.

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 410
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1005 AM EDT WED JUN 1 2011

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

          WESTERN CONNECTICUT
          WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
          NORTHERN AND WESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE
          CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW YORK
          NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA
          VERMONT

   EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1005 AM UNTIL
   500 PM EDT.

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

   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
   WILLIAMSPORT PENNSYLVANIA TO 20 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF NEWPORT
   VERMONT.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

   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.

   DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY ALONG A COLD
   FRONT SWEEPING ACROSS NY/PA.  THESE STORMS WILL TRACK EASTWARD
   ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.  STRONG AND
   INCREASING LOW/MID LEVEL WIND FIELDS AND MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL
   POSE A RISK OF LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL IN THE STRONGER
   CELLS.

   AVIATION...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 27035.

   ...HART