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SPC WW 011836

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 413

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

240 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       MAINE



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 240 PM UNTIL

800 PM EDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF CARIBOU

MAINE TO 55 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF BANGOR MAINE.  FOR A COMPLETE

DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 410...WW 411...WW 412...



DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER WESTERN ME

AND NH...AND TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.  VERY STRONG

WINDS ALOFT AND MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL PROMOTE SUPERCELL STORM

STRUCTURES.  INCREASING LOW LEVEL WINDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON

SUGGEST A RISK OF A FEW TORNADOES...ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL AND

DAMAGING WINDS.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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

500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26040.





...HART

