Tornado Watch

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A tornado watch has been issued for all of Vermont. At this point the strongest storms are in NY state but are expected to move into Vermont this afternoon and evening.


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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 637
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1240 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

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

EXTREME NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT
EXTREME WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW YORK
NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
VERMONT

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1240 PM UNTIL
1000 PM EDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MONTICELLO NEW YORK TO 40 MILES NORTH OF BURLINGTON VERMONT. FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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 634...WW 635...WW 636...

DISCUSSION...A SQUALL LINE ALONG THE SURFACE COLD FRONT...AS WELL AS
OTHER STORMS IN ALONG A PRE-FRONTAL DIFFERENTIAL HEATING ZONE...WILL
INTENSIFY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT APPROACHES AN AREA OF
GREATER MOISTURE/INSTABILITY. MEANWHILE...VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES
WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS STRONG MIDLEVEL
TROUGH EJECTS NEWD FROM THE UPPER OH VALLEY. THE NET RESULT WILL BE
AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND EMBEDDED
TORNADIC CIRCULATIONS WITHIN THE FRONTAL SQUALL LINE...AS WELL AS
MORE DISCRETE SUPERCELLS WITH AN ASSOCIATED TORNADO RISK ALONG A
PRE-FRONTAL CONFLUENCE BAND ACROSS SE NY/WRN MA/WRN CT.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25045.


...THOMPSON