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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 529

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1235 PM EDT Sat Oct 16 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Far western Connecticut

  Far western Massachusetts

  Eastern New York

  Northeast Pennsylvania

  Vermont



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 1235 PM

  until 700 PM EDT.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 75

    mph possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...A thin, low-topped convective line should intensify as it

spreads east across eastern New York into western New England, as

well as possibly across northeast Pennsylvania. A brief tornado

threat is anticipated across parts of the Champlain and Upper Hudson

Valleys.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55

statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles north northwest

of Burlington VT to 30 miles south southwest of Monticello NY. For a

complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline

update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



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 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A few

cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 350. Mean storm motion vector

24045.



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