Summary
- A broken line of convection developed over western and central NY on May 18th.
- The environment on this day was characterized by weak large-scale forcing, moderate instability and moderately strong lower-to-mid level wind speeds.
- The high resolution ensemble forecast data provided some excellent guidance for forecasters on severe potential with this system.
- Large hail and damaging wind reports occurred with the line across western and central NY.
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