650  
ACUS11 KWNS 072005  
SWOMCD  
SPC MCD 072004  
CTZ000-NYZ000-NJZ000-PAZ000-DEZ000-072200-  
 
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1854  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
0304 PM CDT FRI AUG 07 2026  
 
AREAS AFFECTED...PARTS OF EASTERN PA...NORTHERN/CENTRAL  
NJ...SOUTHEASTERN NY...AND FAR WESTERN CT  
 
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 540...  
 
VALID 072004Z - 072200Z  
 
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 540  
CONTINUES.  
 
SUMMARY...THE RISK OF SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE  
SPREADING EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS PARTS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM  
WATCH 540.  
 
DISCUSSION...A LOOSELY ORGANIZED BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS ADVANCING  
EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS EASTERN PA AND SOUTHEASTERN NY THIS  
AFTERNOON, WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE.  
THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE SPREADING EAST-NORTHEASTWARD INTO AN  
INCREASINGLY WARM/UNSTABLE PBL (LOWER 90S TEMPERATURES AMID  
LOWER/MIDDLE 70S DEWPOINTS). STEEPENED LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND THE  
WELL-ESTABLISHED/STRENGTHENING COLD POOLS WILL PROMOTE AN INCREASING  
RISK OF SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. TO  
THE NORTH OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 540 IN SOUTHEASTERN NY, A  
NARROW SPATIAL OVERLAP OF SUFFICIENT/MODEST DESTABILIZATION AND  
MIDLEVEL HEIGHT FALLS WILL SUPPORT A LOCALIZED RISK FOR DAMAGING  
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A DOWNSTREAM WATCH IS  
NOT CURRENTLY EXPECTED.  
 
..WEINMAN.. 08/07/2026  
   
..PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT  
 
ATTN...WFO...OKX...ALY...PHI...BGM...  
 
LAT...LON 40257575 40727538 41277484 41767455 42017446 42187411  
42097371 41737343 41447331 40977349 40297403 39787476  
39657520 39717550 39927568 40257575  
 
MOST PROBABLE PEAK WIND GUST...55-70 MPH  
MOST PROBABLE PEAK HAIL SIZE...UP TO 1.25 IN  
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