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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 448
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
100 PM EDT Sun Jun 23 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of
  Massachusetts
  Western Maine
  New Hampshire
  Northeast New York
  Vermont

* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 100 PM until
  800 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  A few tornadoes likely
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
  Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will develop this afternoon across eastern
New York and track eastward across the watch area through the day.
Supercells capable of damaging winds, hail, and a few tornadoes are
expected.

The tornado watch area is approximately along and 85 statute miles
north and south of a line from 65 miles southwest of Saranac Lake NY
to 25 miles south southeast of Augusta ME. For a complete depiction
of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU8).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for
tornadoes and 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.

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AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail
surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind
gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean
storm motion vector 26030.

...Hart