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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 450

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

310 PM EDT Tue Aug 25 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Connecticut

  Massachusetts

  Eastern Maine

  Southern New Hampshire

  Northeast New Jersey

  Southeast New York

  Rhode Island

  Southern Vermont

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 310 PM until

  1000 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible



SUMMARY...Clusters of severe thunderstorms will move southeast

across the watch area through early evening with a risk for damaging

wind gusts and isolated instances of large hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles east northeast

of Augusta ME to 10 miles southwest of Bridgeport CT. 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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 449...



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 500. Mean storm motion vector

30035.



...Bunting

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