SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH

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At 1:20 pm there is no severe weather in Vermont yet. 

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   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 515

   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

   1215 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009

   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

          MUCH OF MAINE

          NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE

          NORTHEAST NEW YORK

          NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VERMONT

   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1215 PM UNTIL

   700 PM EDT.

   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75

   STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST

   OF SARANAC LAKE NEW YORK TO 5 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF HOULTON

   MAINE.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED

   WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

   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.

   DISCUSSION...CLUSTERS OF STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO

   CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WATCH AREA AS

   UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.  POCKETS OF HEATING

   AND RATHER COOL TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL PROMOTE A RISK OF HAIL AND

   DAMAGING WINDS IN STRONGER CELLS.

   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

   TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM

   MOTION VECTOR 27025.