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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 235

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

255 PM EDT Fri May 29 2020



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Far northeast New York

  Vermont



* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 255 PM until

  900 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...A supercell or two embedded within multiple clusters may

progress across the Champlain Valley and parts of Vermont through

mid-evening. Locally damaging winds should be the main hazard.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles northeast of

Burlington VT to 60 miles southwest of Montpelier VT. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).



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 234...



AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to

1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A

few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector

22030.



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