

259 

WWUS20 KWNS 221952

SEL3

SPC WW 221952

CTZ000-MAZ000-MEZ000-NHZ000-NYZ000-VTZ000-230400-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 463

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

355 PM EDT Tue Aug 22 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Western Connecticut

  Western Massachusetts

  Western Maine

  New Hampshire

  Eastern New York

  Vermont



* Effective this Tuesday afternoon from 355 PM until Midnight

  EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Lines of thunderstorms will move east from western and

central New York through this evening. Scattered damaging winds from

strong gusts are likely with a tornado or two possible, particularly

over the Hudson Valley.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60

statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles north northwest

of Berlin NH to 55 miles south southwest of Pittsfield MA. 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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 461...WW 462...



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

25035.



...Grams

