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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 598
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
653 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998

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

   NORTHERN AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA                       
   NEW JERSEY                         
   DELAWARE                           
   AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 715 PM UNTIL 1100
PM EDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 85 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF WILKESBARRE
PENNSYLVANIA TO 60 MILES EAST OF SALISBURY MARYLAND.

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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...  CONTINUE...WW 593...WW 594...WW
595...WW 596...WW 597...

DISCUSSION...SQUALL LINE MOVING RAPIDLY NE WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL
TO PRODUCE MAINLY DAMAGING WINDS FOR A FEW MORE HOURS BEFORE MOVING
E OF INSTABILITY AXIS. 


AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 24540.


...VESCIO

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