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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 549
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WW0549 Radar
Hazard Tornadoes EF2+ Tornadoes
Likelihood Low Very Low
Severe Wind 65 kt+ Wind
Moderate Low
Severe Hail 2"+ Hail
Low Low

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   SEL9

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 549
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   555 PM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Northern Connecticut
     Central and Eastern Massachusetts
     Far Southern Maine
     Central and Southern New Hampshire
     Northern Rhode Island
     Coastal Waters

   * Effective this Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning from 555
     PM until 100 AM EDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
     Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible
     A tornado or two possible

   SUMMARY...A line of severe thunderstorms will continue moving
   rapidly east across the watch area this evening, posing a risk for
   damaging thunderstorm wind gusts to 70 mph, and perhaps isolated
   hail.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
   statute miles east and west of a line from 30 miles north northwest
   of Laconia NH to 25 miles southeast of Worcester MA. 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 547...WW 548...

   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
   27040.

   ...Bunting
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