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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 598
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
210 PM EDT Mon Aug 5 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Northeast Massachusetts
  Southwest Maine
  Southern New Hampshire
  Eastern New York
  Southern Vermont

* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 210 PM until
  800 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms have begun to form along a corridor from
near Albany, NY into southern New Hampshire.  This activity will
likely persist through the afternoon, posing a risk of locally
damaging wind gusts and hail.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40
statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles west of Albany
NY to 25 miles east northeast of Portsmouth NH. For a co*plete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...c*NTINUE...WW 596...WW 597...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
27030.

...Hart