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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 233

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1150 AM EDT THU MAY 28 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CONNECTICUT

  MOST OF MASSACHUSETTS

  MAINE

  NEW HAMPSHIRE

  NORTHERN NEW JERSEY

  SOUTHEAST NEW YORK

  NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND

  SOUTHERN VERMONT

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1150 AM UNTIL

  700 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN NEW

ENGLAND...AHEAD OF AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT.  DAMAGING WINDS WILL

BECOME A THREAT AS STORMS ORGANIZE/MATURE THIS AFTERNOON...AND SHIFT

EASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF

HOULTON MAINE TO 60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF POUGHKEEPSIE NEW

YORK.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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.



&&



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

TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS.

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

VECTOR 24035.





...GOSS

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0-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 233

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1150 AM EDT THU MAY 28 2015



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CONNECTICUT

  MOST OF MASSACHUSETTS

  MAINE

  NEW HAMPSHIRE

  NORTHERN NEW JERSEY

  SOUTHEAST NEW YORK

  NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND

  SOUTHERN VERMONT

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1150 AM UNTIL

  700 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE

  ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN NEW

ENGLAND...AHEAD OF AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT.  DAMAGING WINDS WILL

BECOME A THREAT AS STORMS ORGANIZE/MATURE THIS AFTERNOON...AND SHIFT

EASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF

HOULTON MAINE TO 60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF POUGHKEEPSIE NEW

YORK.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).



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.



&&



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

TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 55 KNOTS.

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

VECTOR 24035.





...GOSS

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