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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 31

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1145 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  NORTHERN AND EASTERN CONNECTICUT

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS

  EASTERN NEW YORK

  SOUTHERN VERMONT



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 1145

  PM UNTIL 400 AM EST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 75

    MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...CLUSTERS AND SMALL LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH

COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND...EXPECTED TO SPREAD SLOWLY EAST

ACROSS WATCH AREA THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY...WHILE INDIVIDUAL STORMS

RACE NORTHWARD AT MORE THAN 60 MPH.CLUSTERS AND SMALL LINES OF

THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH

COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND...EXPECTED TO SPREAD SLOWLY EAST

ACROSS WATCH AREA THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY...WHILE INDIVIDUAL STORMS

RACE NORTHWARD AT MORE THAN 60 MPH.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES WEST NORTHWEST

OF KEENE NEW HAMPSHIRE TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF WINDSOR

LOCKS CONNECTICUT.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 30...



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 350. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 21060.





...CORFIDI

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