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SEL2
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 472
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
955 PM EDT Wed Jun 26 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Central and Eastern Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Coastal Waters
* Effective this Wednesday night and Thursday morning from 955 PM
until 200 AM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
SUMMARY...An organized squall line will continue east-northeast
across southern New England through the late evening and early
overnight. Widely scattered strong to severe gusts (50-65 mph) will
be possible with the more intense thunderstorm cores and embedded
surges in the squall line.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles southwest of
Worcester MA to 15 miles east southeast of New Bedford MA. 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.
&&
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 467...WW 468...WW
469...WW 470...WW 471...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 55 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean storm motion vector
24045.
...Smith
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SAW2
WW 472 SEVERE TSTM MA RI CW 270155Z - 270600Z
AXIS..45 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF LINE..
40SW ORH/WORCESTER MA/ - 15ESE EWB/NEW BEDFORD MA/
..AVIATION COORDS.. 40NM N/S /13ESE BDL - 33ESE PVD/
HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..1 INCH. WIND GUSTS..55 KNOTS.
MAX TOPS TO 400. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24045.
LAT...LON 42517243 42257069 40957069 41217243
THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
FOR WOU2.
Watch 472 Status Report Message has not been issued yet.
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Tornadoes
Probability of 2 or more tornadoes
|
Low (10%)
|
Probability of 1 or more strong (EF2-EF5) tornadoes
|
Low (<2%)
|
Wind
Probability of 10 or more severe wind events
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Mod (50%)
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Probability of 1 or more wind events > 65 knots
|
Low (20%)
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Hail
Probability of 10 or more severe hail events
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Low (<5%)
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Probability of 1 or more hailstones > 2 inches
|
Low (<5%)
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Combined Severe Hail/Wind
Probability of 6 or more combined severe hail/wind events
|
Mod (60%)
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For each watch, probabilities for particular events inside the watch
(listed above in each table) are determined by the issuing forecaster.
The "Low" category contains probability values ranging from less than 2%
to 20% (EF2-EF5 tornadoes), less than 5% to 20% (all other probabilities),
"Moderate" from 30% to 60%, and "High" from 70% to greater than 95%.
High values are bolded and lighter in color to provide awareness of
an increased threat for a particular event.
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