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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 300

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

125 PM EDT Wed May 31 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Western Connecticut

  Western and Central Massachusetts

  Southwest Maine

  New Hampshire

  Eastern New York

  Vermont



* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 125 PM

  until 900 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms are forecast to develop over

central/eastern New York and spread eastward across the watch area

this afternoon and early evening.  The strongest cells will pose a

risk of hail and gusty/damaging wind gusts.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75

statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles northeast of

Newport VT to 45 miles east of Monticello NY. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).



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.



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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 400. Mean storm motion vector

25030.



...Hart

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