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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 549

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1225 PM EST Sat Nov 13 2021



The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a



* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

  Connecticut

  Northern New Jersey

  Southeast New York

  Rhode Island

  Coastal Waters



* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 1225 PM

  until 700 PM EST.



* Primary threats include...

  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts

    to 75 mph possible

  Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible

  A tornado or two possible



SUMMARY...An intensifying line of thunderstorms over northern New

Jersey will track eastward across the watch area this afternoon,

posing a risk of damaging wind gusts and isolated hail.



The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50

statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles west northwest

of Newark NJ to 25 miles southeast of Providence RI. 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 400. Mean storm motion vector

26035.



...Hart

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