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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 444
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
335 PM EDT Fri Jun 21 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Connecticut
  Western and Central Massachusetts
  Southeast New York
  Rhode Island
  Coastal Waters

* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 335 PM until
  800 PM EDT.

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

SUMMARY...A linear cluster of thunderstorms will likely continue
east during the afternoon into the early evening across the Watch
area.  The environment will support sporadic strong to severe gusts
(50-65 mph) capable of wind damage with the stronger thunderstorm
cores.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles east northeast
of Pittsfield MA to 25 miles east of Bridgeport CT. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

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 441...WW 442...WW 443...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 450. Mean storm motion vector
27020.

...Smith