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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 466

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

115 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHERN AND WESTERN MAINE

  NEW HAMPSHIRE

  EXTREME NORTHEAST NEW YORK

  VERMONT



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 115 PM UNTIL

  900 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY ALONG

A LINE FROM EXTREME EASTERN QUEBEC INTO NORTHERN VT...AND TRACK

EASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON.  A FEW STRONG TO

SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THE MAIN

THREAT.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH

NORTHEAST OF CARIBOU MAINE TO 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF RUTLAND

VERMONT.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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.



&&



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

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

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

MOTION VECTOR 25030.





...HART

