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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 388

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

325 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN MAINE



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 325 PM

  UNTIL 900 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF

BANGOR MAINE TO 45 MILES NORTH OF CARIBOU MAINE.  FOR A COMPLETE

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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 384...WW 385...WW

386...WW 387...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS FORMING UPSTREAM ACROSS ERN NY AND WRN NEW

ENGLAND WILL MOVE/DEVELOP ENE INTO THE REMAINDER OF ME LATER THIS

AFTN AND EVE AS BELT OF ENHANCED WSWLY FLOW CONTINUES NEWD AHEAD OF

PA UPR IMPULSE. COUPLED WITH VERY WARM/MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR OVER

INTERIOR PARTS OF ME...SCTD SUSTAINED STORMS/STORM CLUSTERS...AND A

COUPLE EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS...MAY AFFECT AREA WITH A RISK FOR SVR

WIND...HAIL...AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO.



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 550. MEAN STORM MOTION

VECTOR 24035.





...CORFIDI

