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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