Severe Weather Underway - Midwest to East Coast. Tornado Slams Elmira, NY! Derecho could hit Philly to NYC

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PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0316 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE OHIO VALLEY TO
INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS OVER PARTS OF THE OHIO
VALLEY TO INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

CONNECTICUT
SOUTHEAST INDIANA
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
NORTHERN NEW JERSEY
SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OHIO
MUCH OF PENNSYLVANIA
THE NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE

ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM OKLAHOMA TO THE MID
ATLANTIC REGION...AND ACROSS WISCONSIN.

THE RISK FOR WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM MIDDAY TO
MID AFTERNOON FROM INDIANA AND OHIO ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHEAST
NEW YORK...INTO WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND CONNECTICUT. NEW
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TODAY IN ASSOCIATION WITH A
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS NEW YORK
TO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY EARLY TONIGHT...AND ALONG A TRAILING COLD
FRONT ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. HOW FAR SOUTH
ONGOING THUNDERSTORMS PROGRESS INTO NEW YORK...PENNSYLVANIA...OHIO
...AND INDIANA THIS MORNING WILL ALSO INFLUENCE THE LOCATION OF NEW
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATER TODAY. THE NEW AFTERNOON STORMS WILL
MOVE QUICKLY EASTWARD IN SEVERAL BANDS ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK
AREA...WHEN THE STORM ENVIRONMENT WILL BECOME QUITE SUPPORTIVE OF
DAMAGING WINDS WITH HOT AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES...STRONG
INSTABILITY...AND MODERATELY STRONG WINDS IN THE MIDDLE PARTS OF THE
ATMOSPHERE. ADDITIONALLY...A COUPLE OF TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PRIMARILY ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
INTO WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND CONNECTICUT.

SOME OF THE LARGER CITIES THAT WILL BE POTENTIALLY IMPACTED BY THESE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCLUDE CINCINNATI AND COLUMBUS IN
OHIO...PITTSBURGH AND PHILADELPHIA IN PENNSYLVANIA...AND NEW YORK
CITY.

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Last Edited by DoorBert on 07/26/2012 05:05 PM