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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 198

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

200 PM EDT Mon May 20 2019



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Western Connecticut

  Western and Central Massachusetts

  Central and Western Maine

  New Hampshire

  Southeast New York

  Central and Southern Vermont

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 200 PM until

  900 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible



SUMMARY...A few strong to severe thunderstorms are expected to track

across the watch area through the afternoon and early evening,

posing a risk of locally damaging wind gusts.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85

statute miles east and west of a line from 55 miles northwest of

Bangor ME to 15 miles southwest of Windsor Locks CT. For a complete

depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update

(WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).



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 196...WW 197...



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 450. Mean storm motion vector

26030.



...Hart

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