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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 386

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

125 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CONNECTICUT

  DELAWARE

  MASSACHUSETTS

  EASTERN MARYLAND

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL MAINE

  NEW HAMPSHIRE

  NEW JERSEY

  SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK

  EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA

  RHODE ISLAND

  COASTAL WATERS



* EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 125 PM

  UNTIL 900 PM EDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH OF

AUGUSTA MAINE TO 25 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF DOVER DELAWARE.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).



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.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 384...WW 385...



DISCUSSION...TSTMS NOW OVER THE POCONOS AND CATSKILLS...AND THOSE

JUST FORMING OVER THE BERKSHIRE AND GREEN MTNS OF MA/VT...EXPECTED

TO MOVE/DEVELOP GENERALLY ENE THROUGH EARLY TNGT. WITH AMPLE DEEP

SHEAR/BUOYANCY IN PLACE FOR SUSTAINED ACTIVITY AND POSSIBLY A FEW

SUPERCELLS...POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR DMGG WIND...HAIL...AND PERHAPS

A TORNADO OR TWO. DEVELOPMENT WILL BE FOSTERED BOTH BY CONTINUED

DIURNAL DESTABILIZATION...AND BY ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH NNE-SHEARING

UPR IMPULSE NOW OVER CNTRL PA/NY.



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

TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.

A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION

VECTOR 24030.





...CORFIDI

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