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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 547
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
150 PM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
  Western Massachusetts
  Eastern New York
  Central and Southern Vermont

* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 150 PM until
  900 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts
    to 75 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorms over central New York will track quickly
eastward across the watch area this afternoon, posing a risk of
damaging winds.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles north northeast
of Saranac Lake NY to 30 miles southwest of Pittsfield MA. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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 546...

AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 65 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
27030.

...Hart