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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 394

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1115 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2016



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  MAINE

  NEW HAMPSHIRE

  NORTHERN NEW YORK

  VERMONT

  LAKE ONTARIO



* EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1115 AM UNTIL

  800 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE



SUMMARY...FAST-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM ACROSS THE

WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON...POSING A THREAT FOR LOCALLY DAMAGING

WIND GUSTS AND HAIL.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 165

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 105 MILES WEST

NORTHWEST OF HOULTON MAINE TO 50 MILES WEST OF LEBANON NEW

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

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

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

MOTION VECTOR 27035.





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