URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 397
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
215 PM EDT Fri Jun 26 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
  Southwest Maine
  New Hampshire
  Vermont

* Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 215 PM until
  900 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
  Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
  Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
  A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Storms should intensify initially over Vermont, with
additional development and movement east-southeastward into New
Hampshire and southwest Maine through late afternoon and early
evening, with hail and damaging winds as the primary hazards.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles northwest of
Rutland VT to 15 miles north northeast of Portsmouth NH. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

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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AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
29025.

...Guyer