WW 490 SEVERE TSTM ME NH VT CW 301650Z – 010000Z
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 490
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1250 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Maine
New Hampshire
Eastern Vermont
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 1250 PM until
800 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible
SUMMARY…Thunderstorms are expected to intensify this afternoon
while moving quickly eastward. Scattered severe/damaging winds up to
60-70 mph should be the main threat, but isolated hail around 1-1.5
inches in diameter may occur with any supercell. A brief tornado
also appears possible.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles north northwest
of Caribou ME to 20 miles southwest of Portsmouth NH. For a complete
depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
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 489…
AVIATION…A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
27040.
…Gleason
