URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 354
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1115 AM EDT Mon Jun 19 2017

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Connecticut
Western and Central Massachusetts
Northern New Jersey
Eastern New York
Eastern Pennsylvania
Southern Vermont
Coastal Waters

* Effective this Monday morning and evening from 1115 AM until
800 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY…Scattered thunderstorms are expected to intensify across
the watch area through the afternoon, with the strongest cells
capable of damaging wind gusts and some hail.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75
statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles southeast of
Harrisburg PA to 35 miles northwest of Keene NH. 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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AVIATION…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
25035.

…Hart