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SPC WW 291942

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 315

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

345 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NEW HAMPSHIRE



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 345 PM UNTIL

1000 PM EDT.



HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 25

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF

BERLIN NEW HAMPSHIRE TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KEENE NEW

HAMPSHIRE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 312...WW 313...WW 314...



DISCUSSION...SEVERE STORMS OVER VT ARE EXPECTED TO PROGRESS EWD INTO

NH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  ACTIVITY WILL CROSS A WARM FRONT

NEAR THE ERN VT BORDER AND GRADUALLY BECOME ELEVATED AS THEY MOVE

EWD...WITH THE SEVERE THREAT TRANSITIONING PRIMARILY TO LARGE HAIL

OVER NH.



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 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 26025.





...WEISS

