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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 353
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
140 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2026
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN CONNECTICUT
CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS
WESTERN MAINE
NEW HAMPSHIRE
COASTAL WATERS
* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 140 PM UNTIL
700 PM EDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A COUPLE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...THE FAST-MOVING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD ACROSS
THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. CORRIDORS OF DAMAGING WINDS
AND A FEW TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF BERLIN NH TO 20
MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF WINDSOR LOCKS CT. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION
OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU3).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND 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.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 351...WW 352...
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN
STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.
...HART
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