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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 469
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
615 PM EDT Wed Jun 26 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Connecticut
  Much of New Jersey
  Southeast New York and Long Island
  Eastern Pennsylvania
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Wednesday night from 615 PM until Midnight EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible

SUMMARY...A band of strong to severe thunderstorms is forecast to
move east into and across much of the Watch area this evening.  A
risk for strong to severe gusts (50-65 mph) capable of wind damage
will potentially accompany the stronger thunderstorms.  An isolated
threat for large hail (1 to 1.5 inches in diameter) may exist with
any discrete and intense thunderstorms.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75
statute miles east and west of a line from 15 miles west northwest
of Windsor Locks CT to 10 miles southwest of Philadelphia PA. 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.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 464...WW 466...WW
467...WW 468...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
25040.

...Smith