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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 443

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

645 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHERN CONNECTICUT

       CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS

       CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING FROM 645 PM UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.



HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 75

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45

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

NORTHWEST OF MOUNT WASHINGTON NEW HAMPSHIRE TO 20 MILES SOUTH

SOUTHWEST OF WINDSOR LOCKS CONNECTICUT.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION

OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS

WOU3).



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 440...WW 441...WW 442...



DISCUSSION...SEVERAL STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE INTENSIFIED

DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS ACROSS NY.  THESE STORMS APPEAR LIKELY TO

MAINTAIN INTENSITY AND TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS NEW ENGLAND THIS

EVENING.  STRONG WINDS ALOFT AND STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL

PROMOTE THE RISK OF LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS...WHILE STRONG CAPE

VALUES AID HAIL POTENTIAL.



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

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 28040.





...HART

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