SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 552
WW 552 SEVERE TSTM CT MA NH NJ NY PA VT CW 171700Z – 180000Z 
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. && 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
