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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 511
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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 511
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   300 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          PARTS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT
          MUCH OF MASSACHUSETTS
          MUCH OF MAINE
          NEW HAMPSHIRE
          PARTS OF SOUTHEAST VERMONT
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 300 PM UNTIL
   1000 PM EDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60
   STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF
   CARIBOU MAINE TO 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF WINDSOR LOCKS
   CONNECTICUT.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).
   
   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 509...WW 510...
   
   DISCUSSION...LINE OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS ERN NY WILL INTENSIFY
   FURTHER AS THEY ENCOUNTER VERY WARM/UNSTABLE AIR MASS NEW ENGLAND. 
   IN ADDITION MORE DES CRETE STORMS ARE DEVELOPING HIGHER TERRAIN AND
   WILL POSE A SEVERE THREAT AS WELL...POSSIBLY BECOMING SUPERCELLS. 
   PRIMARY THREAT WITH BOTH THE LINE AND OTHER STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING
   WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 24035.
   
   
   ...HALES
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