Severe weather alert issued for western Massachusetts

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Severe weather alert issued for western MassachusettsRegion – The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for parts of New York and Pennsylvania and western Massachusetts until 9 p.m. :

PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0510 AM CDT SAT SEP 08 2012

…SIGNIFICANT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
LOWER GREAT LAKES…NEW ENGLAND AND MID-ATLANTIC STATES THIS
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT…THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES OVER
PARTS OF THE LOWER GREAT LAKES…NEW ENGLAND AND MID-ATLANTIC STATES
THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE

WESTERN AND CENTRAL CONNECTICUT
NORTHERN DELAWARE
WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS
NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND
SOUTHWESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW YORK
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VERMONT

ELSEWHERE…SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM THE NORTHEASTERN
UNITED STATES INTO THE CAROLINAS

A STRONG UPPER-LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHEASTERN
UNITED STATES TODAY INTERACTING WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF A FAST MOVING COLD
FRONT WITH SQUALL-LINE DEVELOPMENT TAKING PLACE THIS AFTERNOON. AS
THE LINE INTENSIFIES…THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE AND
TORNADOES WILL INCREASE AS THE LINE MOVES INTO THE STRONGER
INSTABILITY ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK AREA FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK
AREA AND SOME LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE WIND GUSTS OF OVER 70 MPH.

STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE MONITORING THIS DEVELOPING
SITUATION. THOSE IN THE THREATENED AREA ARE URGED TO REVIEW SEVERE
WEATHER SAFETY RULES AND TO LISTEN TO RADIO…TELEVISION…AND NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES…WARNINGS…AND STATEMENTS LATER
TODAY.

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