SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 523
SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 523
[html]WW 523 SEVERE TSTM CT MA ME NH NY RI VT CW 261705Z - 270000Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 523
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
105 PM EDT Fri Aug 26 2022
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Extreme southern Maine
Southern New Hampshire
Extreme southeastern New York
Rhode Island
Extreme southern Vermont
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 105 PM until
800 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms are developing from eastern New
York into southern New England and southern New Hampshire/Vermont.
The storm environment will favor a mix of clusters/line segments and
potentially some supercell structures, with a primary threat for
damaging winds of 60-65 mph. The strongest storms will also be
capable of producing isolated large hail near 1 inch in diameter,
and an isolated/brief tornado may also occur with the most
persistent supercells.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 65
statute miles east and west of a line from 15 miles north of Laconia
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 WOU3).
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.
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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
25030.
...Thompson
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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 523 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0523.html)