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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 304
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
253 PM EDT THU MAY 18 2000

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

   EXTREME NORTHERN NEW JERSEY                         
   SOUTHERN AND EASTERN NEW YORK                           
   CENTRAL AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA                       

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 315 PM UNTIL 800
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 ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF DUBOIS
PENNSYLVANIA TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF ALBANY NEW YORK.

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.