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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 561

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

210 PM EDT Wed Aug 7 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Connecticut

  Delaware

  much of Massachusetts

  eastern Maryland

  southern New Hampshire

  New Jersey

  southeastern New York

  eastern Pennsylvania

  southern Vermont

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 210 PM

  until 900 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Strong/locally severe storms will continue to

develop/shift eastward this afternoon, with locally damaging winds

and hail expected.  Threat will diminish gradually through early

evening.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75

statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles north northeast

of Albany NY to 25 miles west of Philadelphia PA. For a complete

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...CONTINUE...WW 559...WW 560...



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

27035.



...Goss

