ZCZC SPCSWOMCD ALL ACUS11 KWNS 231846 SPC MCD 231846 MEZ000-MAZ000-NHZ000-RIZ000-CTZ000-NYZ000-VTZ000-NJZ000-PAZ000-232015- MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1137 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0146 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2015 AREAS AFFECTED...EASTERN NY INTO CT/RI/MASS/VT/NH/MAINE CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 341... VALID 231846Z - 232015Z THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 341 CONTINUES. SUMMARY...AT LEAST ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP/INCREASE THROUGH MID/LATE AFTERNOON FROM EASTERN NY INTO PORTIONS OF NEW ENGLAND. AN ADDITIONAL/REPLACEMENT WATCH WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON FOR AT LEAST PORTIONS OF THE REGION. DISCUSSION...IN THE WAKE OF EARLY DAY CONVECTION/CLOUD COVER...MODEST AIR MASS RECOVERY/DESTABILIZATION CONTINUES TO GRADUALLY OCCUR PARTICULARLY ACROSS EASTERN NY INTO SOUTHERN/FAR WESTERN NEW ENGLAND AS OF MID-AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...WITH A RELATED INCREASE IN SHOWERS/SOME THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN NY AS OF 245 PM EDT/1845Z. STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE/INTENSITY THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...WITH AT LEAST GLANCING INFLUENCES OF AN EASTWARD-MOVING UPPER TROUGH OVER SOUTHERN QUEBEC. THIS INTENSIFICATION COULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF SEVERE HAIL AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO RISK...PARTICULARLY GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF LOWER/MIDDLE TROPOSPHERIC WINDS...EVEN WITH A TENDENCY FOR LOW-LEVEL VEERING. THE EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD SPREAD OF MULTICELLS/EVOLVING LINEAR BANDS MAY ULTIMATELY BE THE MORE PREVALENT CONCERN AS STORMS INCREASE/SPREAD EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE EARLY/MID-EVENING HOURS. ..GUYER.. 06/23/2015 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... ATTN...WFO...GYX...BOX...BTV...OKX...ALY...BGM...BUF... LAT...LON 41657519 43867532 44417382 43657194 43627059 41637079 40487303 41657519 NNNN