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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 354

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1115 AM EDT Mon Jun 19 2017



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Connecticut

  Western and Central Massachusetts

  Northern New Jersey

  Eastern New York

  Eastern Pennsylvania

  Southern Vermont

  Coastal Waters



* 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 events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms are expected to intensify across

the watch area through the afternoon, with the strongest cells

capable of damaging wind gusts and some hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75

statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles southeast of

Harrisburg PA to 35 miles northwest of Keene NH. 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

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector

25035.



...Hart

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