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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 442

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

245 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS

  FAR WESTERN MAINE

  NEW HAMPSHIRE

  EASTERN NEW YORK

  VERMONT



* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM UNTIL

  1100 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS

    TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO FORM ACROSS WATCH AREA

THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL

STORMS MOVING INTO THE WATCH FROM CENTRAL NY AND SOUTHERN ONTARIO.

SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SUPERCELLS AND BOW ECHOES WITH A

RISK FOR DAMAGING WIND...SOME HAIL...AND POSSIBLY A COUPLE

TORNADOES.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 100

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES WEST OF

GLENS FALLS NEW YORK TO 35 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MOUNT

WASHINGTON NEW HAMPSHIRE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH

SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).



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 65

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 28030.





...CORFIDI

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