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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
     
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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.

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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)