SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 549
WW 549 SEVERE TSTM CT MA ME NH RI CW 162155Z - 170500Z

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.

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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

Read more
https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0549.html