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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 457

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

315 PM EDT Thu Aug 27 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Tornado Watch for portions of

  Connecticut

  Southeast New York and Long Island

  Southern Rhode Island

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 315 PM until

  800 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  A couple tornadoes possible

  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts

    to 80 mph possible

  Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Cluster of embedded supercells will spread from the Lower

Hudson Valley across southwest New England with a risk for all

severe hazards.



The tornado watch area is approximately along and 40 statute miles

north and south of a line from 20 miles southwest of Poughkeepsie NY

to 30 miles southeast of Block Island RI. For a complete depiction

of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU7).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for

tornadoes and 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 454...WW 455...WW 456...



AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail

surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind

gusts to 70 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean

storm motion vector 30040.



...Grams

