SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 479
SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 479
[html]WW 479 SEVERE TSTM CT MA ME NH NY RI VT CW 211540Z - 220000Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 479
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1140 AM EDT Thu Jul 21 2022
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Connecticut
Western and Central Massachusetts
Maine
New Hampshire
Eastern New York
Northern Rhode Island
Vermont
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Thursday morning and evening from 1140 AM until
800 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
to 75 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY...Multiple waves and clusters of strong to severe storms are
expected to spread across New York and much of New England this
afternoon. Strong winds aloft and hot/humid conditions will result
in a risk of damaging wind gusts and some hail in the strongest
cells.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 95
statute miles east and west of a line from 165 miles north northeast
of Berlin NH to 40 miles south southwest of Windsor Locks CT. For a
co*plete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are
favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area.
Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening
weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible
warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce
tornadoes.
&&
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
25035.
...Hart
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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 479 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0479.html)