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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 32

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

115 AM EST THU FEB 25 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS

  RHODE ISLAND

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING FROM 115 AM UNTIL 500 AM EST.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...BROKEN LINE OF STORMS IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS SOUTHWARD

INTO CONNECTICUT EXPECTED TO SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH LATER THIS

MORNING...WITH A PRIMARY THREAT FOR LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF

BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS TO 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF NEW BEDFORD

MASSACHUSETTS.  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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 30...WW 31...



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 21065.





...CORFIDI

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