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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 552
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
100 PM EDT Wed Jul 17 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

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

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

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

SUMMARY...Strong to severe thunderstorms will intensify through the
afternoon, with the strongest storms posing a risk of damaging wind
gusts and some hail.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85
statute miles east and west of a line from 10 miles west of
Wilmington DE to 30 miles west northwest of Concord NH. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

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 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
27030.

...Hart