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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 416

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

740 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       NORTHERN CONNECTICUT

       MASSACHUSETTS

       MAINE

       NEW HAMPSHIRE

       RHODE ISLAND

       COASTAL WATERS



EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING FROM 740 PM UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.



TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND

GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS.



THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE

MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF

WINDSOR LOCKS CONNECTICUT TO 45 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF BANGOR

MAINE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED

WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

TORNADOES AND 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.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 411...WW 412...WW

413...WW 414...WW 415...



DISCUSSION...ONGOING SEVERE STORMS --INCLUDING SUPERCELLS-- WILL

CONTINUE TO POSE A THREAT FOR TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING

WINDS WHILE INTERACTING WITH A MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR

MASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION.  THIS THREAT SHOULD BEGIN TO

DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER GRADUALLY COOLS AND

STABILIZES.



AVIATION...TORNADOES AND 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 27030.





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