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A tornado watch is in effect for all areas shaded in Yellow. The watch is in effect until 5:00 p.m. however, the severe threat in Central New York should end early this afternoon.

(National Weather Service)

1:20 p.m. Monday added note: Check out the 10:50 AM update: Our new computer forecast images did very well with this storm. Guardedly encouraging for when we get into lake effect season...

9:20 Monday morning:

A tornado watch is in effect for nearly all of Central New York until 5:00 p.m. today (Shaded in Yellow).

The watch is primarily for eastern New York State, but Central New York is on the western fringe of the tornado watch area.

Showers and possible thunderstorms will be sweeping through Central New York late this morning and very early this afternoon. Some thunderstorms may contain small tornadoes, or at the very least, damaging winds.

Although the Tornado watch is in effect until 5:00 p.m., this severe weather threat should be shifting east of the Syracuse area by 2:00 this afternoon.

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