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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 544

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

255 PM EDT MON OCT 7 2013



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CONNECTICUT

  CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS

  WESTERN MAINE

  NEW HAMPSHIRE

  LONG ISLAND OF NEW YORK

  CENTRAL VERMONT

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 255 PM UNTIL

  1000 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 85 MILES NORTH

NORTHEAST OF BERLIN NEW HAMPSHIRE TO 10 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF

ISLIP NEW YORK.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).



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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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 543...



DISCUSSION...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM

EASTERN NY INTO NJ.  THESE STORMS HAVE CAUSED ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE

THIS AFTERNOON...AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN INTENSE FOR ANOTHER

SEVERAL HOURS.  STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL WINDS AHEAD OF THE LINE WILL

TEND TO OFFSET WEAK INSTABILITY...MAINTAINING THE SEVERE THREAT.



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

TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 300. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 24035.





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