SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH-WASHINGTON COUNTY

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The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 7:00 pm this evening.  

As of 11:00 am there was only scattered showers across central Vermont with more organized activity

To our southwest towards Binghamton, NY.     

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 726

   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

   1050 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2009

   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

          NORTHERN CONNECTICUT

          MASSACHUSETTS

          NEW HAMPSHIRE

          SOUTHEAST NEW YORK

          NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

          VERMONT

   EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1050 AM UNTIL 700

   PM EDT.

   HAIL TO 1.5 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 EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF

   BERLIN NEW HAMPSHIRE TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MONTICELLO

   NEW YORK.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE

   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).

   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...STORMS SHOULD INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY INTO

   THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WARM SECTOR FROM SERN NY THROUGH NEW

   ENGLAND. MODERATE INSTABILITY WITH 2500 J/KG MLCAPE AND 35-45 KT

   BULK SHEAR WILL SUPPORT ORGANIZED STORM STRUCTURES INCLUDING BOWING

   SEGMENTS AND SUPERCELLS. DAMAGING WIND SHOULD BE THE MAIN

   THREAT...BUT HAIL AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

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

   TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM

   MOTION VECTOR 24035.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH  

726 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS  

  

IN VERMONT THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES  

  

IN CENTRAL VERMONT  

  

ADDISON               ORANGE                WASHINGTON             

  

IN NORTHEAST VERMONT  

  

CALEDONIA               

  

IN NORTHWEST VERMONT  

  

CHITTENDEN            LAMOILLE                

  

IN SOUTHERN VERMONT  

  

RUTLAND               WINDSOR                 

  

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BRADFORD...BURLINGTON...JOHNSON...  

MIDDLEBURY...MONTPELIER...RANDOLPH...RUTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...  

ST. JOHNSBURY...STOWE...VERGENNES AND WHITE RIVER JUNCTION.