WW 55 SEVERE TSTM NY LE LO 161735Z – 162300Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 55 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 135 PM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Western New York Lake Erie Lake Ontario * Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 135 PM until 700 PM EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Bands of thunderstorms will move quickly northeastward across western New York this afternoon and early evening. Scattered damaging winds, with peak gusts up to 60-70 mph, should be the main threat. A brief tornado or two may also occur. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles east and west of a line from 20 miles northwest of Rochester NY to 45 miles east southeast of Jamestown NY. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 51...WW 52...WW 53...WW 54... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 350. Mean storm motion vector 22045. ...Gleason