Severe Thunderstorm Watch until midnight.

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A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for all of Vermont until midnight.



Currently a line of storms is located along I-81 in Central New York, this line of storms is expected to continue eastward and impact central vermont this evening.







URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 405
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
635 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN CONNECTICUT
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
NORTHERN NEW JERSEY
EASTERN NEW YORK
NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
VERMONT
COASTAL WATERS

* EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT FROM 635 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH
NORTHWEST OF BURLINGTON VERMONT TO 10 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
NEWARK NEW JERSEY. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

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 403<http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0403.html>...WW 404<http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0404.html>...

DISCUSSION...BROKEN LINE OF STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NY/PA
WILL SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING. HOT/HUMID
CONDITIONS COUPLED WITH FAVORABLE WINDS ALOFT WILL PROMOTE A RISK OF
DAMAGING WINDS AND SOME HAIL WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

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 28040.