Severe Local Storm Watch and Watch Cancellation Msg
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
409 WWUS20 KWNS 201655 SEL8 SPC WW 201655 MAZ000-MEZ000-NHZ000-NYZ000-VTZ000-CWZ000-210000- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 438 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 100 PM EDT Thu Jun 20 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Northern Massachusetts Central and Western Maine New Hampshire Northeast New York Vermont Coastal Waters * Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 100 PM until 800 PM EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms will develop through the afternoon and spread eastward across the watch area. The strongest cells will pose a risk of locally damaging wind gusts and hail. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles west southwest of Saranac Lake NY to 25 miles southeast of Bangor ME. 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. && 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 500. Mean storm motion vector 28030. ...Hart