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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 710
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
210 PM CDT SUN JUL 20 2008

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

       PARTS OF EASTERN ILLINOIS
       PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA
       SMALL PART OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 210 PM UNTIL 800
PM CDT.

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 709
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
210 PM EDT SUN JUL 20 2008

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

       NORTHERN CONNECTICUT
       MUCH OF MASSACHUSETTS
       PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE
       LARGE PART OF EASTERN NEW YORK
       SMALL PART OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
       NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND
       PARTS OF SOUTHERN VERMONT
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 210 PM UNTIL 800
PM EDT.

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 708
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1235 PM EDT SUN JUL 20 2008

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

       MUCH OF WESTERN NEW YORK
       SMALL PART OF EASTERN OHIO
       MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA
       SMALL PART OF NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1235 PM UNTIL
800 PM EDT.

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1829
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0445 PM CDT SUN JUL 20 2008

AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS ERN WY...SWRN SD...NWRN/N-CENTRAL
NEB...EXTREME SERN MT.

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE 

VALID 202145Z - 210015Z

SVR TSTM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE WITHIN NEXT 2-3 HOURS VIRTUALLY
ANYPLACE WITHIN BROAD CORRIDOR FROM SERN MT TO NEB SANDHILLS REGION
AND SERN WY.  CONDITIONAL SVR POTENTIAL FOR LARGE/DAMAGING HAIL AND
WIND EXISTS OVER NRN NEB WITH ANY ACTIVITY THAT CAN BREAK
CAP...GIVEN 45-50 KT DEEP-LAYER SHEAR FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS. 

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1828
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0328 PM CDT SUN JUL 20 2008

AREAS AFFECTED...CNTRL AND ERN PA...NY AND SRN NEW ENGLAND

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 708...709...

VALID 202028Z - 202230Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
708...709...CONTINUES.

THE THREAT FOR MAINLY DAMAGING WIND AND POSSIBLY HAIL WILL CONTINUE
THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND EAST OF LINE OF STORMS FROM CNTRL AND ERN