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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 452

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

210 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHERN CONNECTICUT

  MASSACHUSETTS

  WESTERN MAINE

  NEW HAMPSHIRE

  EASTERN NEW YORK

  NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND

  SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL VERMONT



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 210 PM UNTIL

  800 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH

SOUTHEAST OF WINDSOR LOCKS CONNECTICUT TO 35 MILES NORTH

NORTHEAST OF BERLIN NEW HAMPSHIRE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF

THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU2).



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.



&&



DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY

ACROSS MUCH OF NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON BENEATH A COOL UPPER LOW.

SUFFICIENT VERTICAL SHEAR AND CAPE VALUES OVER 1000 J/KG WILL

PROMOTE A RISK OF A FEW SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND

DAMAGING WINDS.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 24030.





...HART

