SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 471

WW 471 SEVERE TSTM NY PA 281550Z – 290000Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 471
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1150 AM EDT Sat Jun 28 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Southern New York
  Western and Central Pennsylvania

* Effective this Saturday morning and evening from 1150 AM until
  800 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will increase in coverage and intensity
through the day across the watch area, ahead of an approaching cold
front.  The strongest cells will pose a risk of locally damaging
wind gusts.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles north and south of a line from 15 miles north of
Latrobe PA to 50 miles east northeast of Binghamton NY. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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.

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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 500. Mean storm motion vector
24025.

...Hart

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