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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 471

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

710 PM EDT Sat Aug 29 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Connecticut

  Massachusetts

  Southern New Hampshire

  Southeast New York



* Effective this Saturday night from 710 PM until Midnight EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...A supercell or two may precede an eastward-moving band of

storms across far eastern New York early this evening. Isolated

damaging wind gusts are the primary hazard, but marginally severe

hail and a brief tornado cannot be ruled out.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles east and west of a line from 10 miles east northeast

of Keene NH to 20 miles east southeast of Poughkeepsie NY. 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.



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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 469...WW 470...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few

cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector

27030.



...Guyer

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