Storm Prediction Center Severe Thunderstorm Watch 218
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 218
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
110 PM EDT Sat May 3 2025
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northern Connecticut
Massachusetts
Far Southern Maine
Southern New Hampshire
Southern New York
Southern Vermont
* Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 110 PM until
800 PM 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
SUMMARY...Thunderstorms should continue to increase in coverage and
intensity in a narrow southwest-to-northeast corridor this
afternoon. Scattered damaging winds and occasional severe hail
should be the main threats with this activity.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40
statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles west of
Poughkeepsie NY to 25 miles east southeast of Concord NH. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
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.
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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 450. Mean storm motion vector
25035.
...Gleason
2025-05-03 17:10:02
