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SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 231

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 231

[html]WW 231 SEVERE TSTM CT MA NH 162140Z - 170300Z
     
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 231
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
540 PM EDT Mon May 16 2022

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Northeast Connecticut
  Eastern Massachusetts
  Southern New Hampshire

* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 540 PM until
  1100 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms along the Hudson Valley are tracking
eastward and will affect the watch area late this afternoon.  The
strongest cells will pose a risk of locally damaging wind gusts.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35
statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles north northwest
of Laconia NH to 30 miles south of Worcester MA. For a co*plete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

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.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...c*NTINUE...WW 227...WW 228...WW
229...WW 230...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
24035.

...Hart


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Source: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 231 (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0231.html)